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Producing industrial chemicals such as alcohol from sugar molasses using transgenic yeast belongs to which branch of biotechnology?

AWhite biotechnology
BReproductive cloning
CDNA fingerprinting
DOrgan transplantation
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. White biotechnology
1. Making industrial chemicals through cheaper biological processes is industrial biotechnology. 2. This is called white biotechnology, for example alcohol from molasses using transgenic yeast. 3. Cloning makes organisms, DNA fingerprinting establishes identity and transplantation replaces organs; none describe industrial chemical production. _Source: Balbharati (Maharashtra Board) Class 10 Science & Technology Part 2, Ch 8 "Cell Biology and Biotechnology", p.104_
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