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Q. Insect resistance transgenic cotton has been produced by inserting a piece of DNA from

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A transgenic organism is an organism which contains a foreign gene. Such organisms are also called GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms), e.g., transgenic plant-Bt cotton. This cotton plant has a foreign gene for insect resistance from a bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis.