ZoologyNEET 2025Applications in agriculture: Bt crops, RNAi

Biotechnology and its Applications

Silencing of specific mRNA is possible via RNAi because of:

A.Complementary dsRNA✓
B.Inhibitory ssRNA
C.Complementary tRNA
D.Non-complementary ssRNA

Solution

RNAi silences a gene through a double-stranded RNA complementary to the target mRNA; the dsRNA is processed into fragments that bind the mRNA and block translation.

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