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#Unit 12. Applied Biology
For the generation of transgenic plant in crop improvement, one important regulatory gene ‘X’ was overexpressed in a crop plant. Out of 30 transgenic rice plants generated, 22 showed high levels of gene ‘X’ expression. However, rest 8 lines displayed low level of expression. One explanation of such observation may be:
Suppression effect of the transgene
Knock down effect of gene X
Gene silencing effect
Co-suppression effect of transgene