(B. Sc.

Biochemistry)
Sixth Semester 2005
Full Marks: 100
Subject: Biotech 321 (Biotechnology & Biodiversity) Pass Marks: 45
Time: 3 hours
Candidates are required to give their answers in their own words as far as practicable. The
figure in the margin indicates full marks.
Group (A) Long Questions (Any three) ×14 = 42)
(3×
1. What are the viral and non-viral delivery methods of gene therapy? Write the importance of
integrin technology in cell adhesion based therapy.
2. What is the role of marine organisms in terrestrial agriculture? Explain the food and
industrial applications of algal products.
3. What is bioconversion? Explain about the products from microorganisms.
4. What is Biodiversity? Discuss its significance.

Group (B) Short Questions: (Any six) (6××7 = 42)

1. What are synthetic drugs? Write about antisense DNA and triplex DNAs.
2. What do you mean by repetitive DNA? Explain about tandemly repetitive sequences of
satellite DNA.
3. What do you mean by patents? What are the elements needed for patenting? Write a history
of patenting plants and animals in brief.
4. What is Human Genome Project? What do you mean by physical maps?
5. What is recombinant DNA technology? Describe the enzymes used in recombinant DNA
technology.
6. Discuss the applications of plant tissue culture? What do you mean by somatic
embryogenesis?
7. Differentiate between Species and Genetic level of
conservation.
8. Differentiate between conservation area and buffer zone.
Group (C) Very Short Questions: (Any eight) ×8 = 16)
(2×
1. What is xenotransplantation?
2. What is somaclonal variation?
3. What do you mean by transformation?
4. Describe microinjection method of gene transfer.
5. Define expression vector.
5. What do you mean by polymorphic DNA marker?
6. What is cystic fibrosis?
8. Define fusion protein.
9. What do you mean by polylinkers?
10. What is NBCC?
11. What do you mean by Community forest?
12. Write about Invasive species.

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