Mastitis in cows results in infected mammary glands. The use of biotechnologies to introduce the antibiotic gene lysostaphin from Stpahylococcus simulans is an example of generating what type of animal?

A) a knock-out animal B) a synthetic animal
C) a transgenic animal D) a conditional knock-out animal


Answer: C

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A. Periods B. Epochs C. centuries D. eras E. Decades

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