2024 · Q28
Which one of the following is the correct chronology of invention/discovery in the field of Biotechnology?
general-sciencebiotech-environment-science
- ADiscovery of Plasmid, Double Helical structure of DNA, DNA fingerprinting, cloning of Dolly
- BDouble Helical structure of DNA, Discovery of Plasmid, DNA fingerprinting, cloning of Dolly
- CDNA fingerprinting, cloning of Dolly, Double Helical structure of DNA, Discovery of Plasmid
- DDouble Helical structure of DNA, DNA fingerprinting, Discovery of Plasmid, cloning of Dolly
Explanation
Euryhaline organisms are those that can tolerate a wide range of salinity, such as salmon that migrate between fresh water and the sea. Catadromous fish (which migrate from fresh water to the sea to spawn, e.g., eels) are a subset of euryhaline species. Stenohaline organisms tolerate only narrow salinity ranges, osmoconformers match their internal salinity to the environment (mostly marine invertebrates), and osmoregulators actively maintain internal salt balance — none of these describes tolerance of wide salinity swings. Hence euryhaline is correct.