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June 9, 2013

Uses of Genetically modified animals

GM farm animals to:

  • increase meat production through rapid growth or leaner animals
  • improve the amount and quality of wool
  • alter the composition of milk to make better cheese, to reduce intolerance to milk or to produce medicines and neutraceuticals
  • increase disease resistance
  • reduce pollution from pig manure
  • produce strong, spider-silk fibres in goat milk for military use.


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    (Useful for UPSC General Studies, APPSC Group 1 Group 2 , Mains Material, Paper 1, Paper 4 Section 1 Section 2 Section 3, ROLE AND IMPACT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIA, GENERAL AWARENESS WITH THE MODERN TRENDS IN LIFE SCIENCES, DEVELOPMENT & ENVIRONMENT PROBLEMS) 

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