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| 1. | The human gene for alpha-1-antitrypsin was introduced into fertilised eggs of sheep and the eggs implanted into surrogate mothers. Some surrogates produced transgenic female animals which secrete AAT in their milk | ||
| a | State how the gene for AAT could have been inserted into the egg cells of sheep | ||
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| b | Give a human disease is AAT used to treat? | ||
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| c | Explain why bacteria could not be used to produce the human protein AAT | ||
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| d | Explain what is meant by transgenic animals | ||
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