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Artist Eduardo Kac includes "bio art" among his specialties.In 2000,he unveiled "Alba," an albino rabbit with some unusual features.Alba's cells produce GFP,a green fluorescent protein naturally found in a species of jellyfish.When Alba is illuminated with blue light,she fluoresces a bright lime green color.Born in France,this unique work of living art went home with Kac,his wife,and his daughter to live with them as a family pet in their Chicago home.
Which of the following statements about Alba is correct?


A) Alba is transgenic.
B) The GFP gene in Alba probably has a jellyfish regulatory sequence.
C) The GFP gene had to be rewritten so its code was "readable" by rabbit cells.
D) The GFP gene was most likely inserted into each of Alba's cells,one by one.
E) All of the above.

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