Bt brinjal from non-transgenic, and "aad" is used to identify the transformed bacteria used during the development of the construct. "Aad" contains a bacterial promoter and is not expressed in the Bt brinjal. The completed construct was inserted into young cotyledons from the brinjal plants using an "Agrobacterium"-mediated technique. "Agrobacterium" naturally inserts DNA into plants from its Ti plasmid, and scientists use this to insert genes of interest into various plants. The transformed plants were regenerated and analyzed for the presence of the gene through Southern blotting. The plants' progeny were also analyzed to identify lines segregating in a Mendelian fashion. When
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