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Q. Consumption of which one of the following foods can prevent the kind of blindness associated with vitamin 'A' deficiency?

AIPMTAIPMT 2012Biotechnology and its Applications

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Golden rice is a transgenic variety of rice (Oryza sativa) which contains good quantities of (3-carotene (provitamin A - inactive state of vitamin A). P-carotene is a principal source of vitamin A. Deficiency of vitamin A causes night blindness and skin disorders.