Part A
What measures have been taken to alleviate vitamin A
deficiencies in developing countries?
Select the two correct answers.
Select the two correct answers.
| A. Clinical trials have shown that the beta-carotene in Golden Rice 1 is efficiently converted into vitamin A in humans and that about 150 grams of uncooked Golden Rice 1 would supply all of the childhood daily requirement for vitamin A. |
| B. The main reason for creating Golden Rice was that rice plants don’t possess enzymes, necessary for production of beta-carotene. |
| C. In the 2000s, scientists began to apply recombinant DNA technology to help solve vitamin A deficiencies in people with rice-based diets. |
| D. The fist iteration of Golden Rice involved the introduction of phytoene synthetase originating from the daffodil plant and carotene desaturase from a bacterium engineered into the rice plant. |
| E. Later versions of Golden Rice 2 involved the introduction of genes from maize, thus leading to a much higher production of beta-carotene. |
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