Organisms that have been genetically engineered are called ____, because they have been modified to contain genetic

information called a(n) ____ from an external source



a. transgenic; transgene
b. transgenic; oncogene
c. somatic; Ti plasmid
d. genetically modified organisms; restriction fragment length polymorphism
e. somatic; transgene


ANSWER: a

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