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A plant known as a pomato is a transgenic plant which contains genes from both?

Pomato is a transgenic plant which contains genes from both paent Potato and Tomato.


What is pomato in transgenic plant?

a trangenic plant containing genes from both potato and tomato plants


A plant known as a pomato is transgenic plant which contains genes from both?

Tomato and Potato plants


A genetically modified rice plant is also called?

transgenic rice


Can people eat transgenic plant?

Yes. see link below


Why BT cotton is a transgenic plant?

One of the advantages of the BT Cotton is that it does not have the actual bacterium Bacillus thuriengensis in it which is harmless to humans. The other advantage is that the BT Cotton successfully repels the boll weevil larvae.


What is an example of a transgenic tobacco?

Example of a transgenic tobacco plant is the insect resistant variety. A gene from Bacillus thuringiensis which is lethal to many pests is introduced into the plant genome to impart resistance to many insect pests.


Transposons and their role in transgenic plants?

Transposons are DNA sequences that can move within a genome, potentially disrupting genes. In transgenic plants, transposons can be used as a tool to insert foreign genes into the plant genome. The transposon can carry the foreign gene to a new location in the plant's DNA, leading to the production of a transgenic plant with new traits.


What does it mean when a plant is a BT-plant?

BT-plant means plant having BT-gene like BT-cotton. These are transgenic plants developed by genetic engineering.


What has the author Doug Gurian-Sherman written?

Doug Gurian-Sherman has written: 'Failure to yield' -- subject(s): Plant genetic engineering, Agricultural biotechnology, Crops, Genetic engineering, Plant biotechnology, Transgenic plants, Transgenic organisms, Crop yields


Organisms that contain genes from other organisms are called?

A plant that contains a gene or genes from another organism that has been introduced artificially into the plant's genetic makeup is called a transgenetic plant. It is also called genetic engineering.


What is the prefix for transgenic?

The prefix for "transgenic" is "trans-".