Question

From the following identify the applications of transgenic animals.

1. Targeted production of pharmaceutical proteins, drug production, and product efficacy testing
2. The analysis of the regulation of gene expression makes use of the evaluation of a specific genetic change at the level of the whole animal
3. Study mammalian developmental genetics
4. As responsive test animals (detection of toxicants)
5. To identify the functions of specific factors in complex homeostatic systems through over-or under-expression of a modified gene (the inserted transgene)

Options

• iii and v

• ii, iii and iv

• i, ii, iii, iv, v

• i, ii and v

Answer 1

i, ii, iii, iv, v