What is genetic engineering?

Special techniques to control the gene makeup of an organism

What is gene therapy?

The use of genetic engineering to correct defective genes

Trying to get the wanted traits of two organisms into one.

Stem cells are cells that

can become many different types of cells

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Fraternal twins ...
must be the same sex
have the sames genes
are clones
have the same parents
2
The use of living organisms to make a new, more desirable organism or product is called..
genetic engineering
chromosomal change
gene therapy
biotechnology
3
(T/F)Clones are more common in the plant kingdom than in the animal kingdom.
True
False
4
A type of mutation that does not affect the offspring
polyploid
germ
somatic
chromosomal
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What is genetic engineering?
Special techniques to control the gene makeup of an organism
Finding new things you can do with genes.
Changing genes to the way you want them.
Making genes.
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A group of genetically identical organisms are called...
genome
fraternal twins
clones
albinism
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A change in an organism's genetic material is...
gene therapy
asexual reproduction
mutation
biotechnology
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______ occurs in cells that produce gametes
germ mutation
a change in the number of genes on a chromosome
somatic mutation
chromosomal change
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Embryonic stem cells are already being use to treat more than 70 diseases
False
True
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What is gene therapy?
a way to build a stronger society
the use mutated genes to correct unwanted traits
The use of genetic engineering to correct defective genes
a way to solve all of our problems
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caused by a mutation that affects pigments
inbreeding
clones
genome
Albinism
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Since the fall of mankind, creation has...
undergone degeneration
remained essentailly unchanged
improved by mutations
progressed and improved
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Crossbreeding is
using the best of the previous generation to making the next
changing the gene patter to get more desirable traits
mating close relatives to creative purebred organisms
Trying to get the wanted traits of two organisms into one.
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The process of harvesting embryonic stem cells involves
stem cells donated by children
the donation of stem cells by adults
stem cells taken from animals
the killing of human embryos
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The process of producing human clones to provide cells for the treatment of disease is called
embryonic cloning
somatic cloning
reproductive cloning
therapeutic cloning
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_______a change in the number of genes on a chromosome
lethal mutation
germ mutation
gene mutation
Chromosomal change
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(T/F) Stomatic stems cells are stem cells that have experienced a somatic mutation
False
True
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Stem cells are cells that
are required for asexual reproduction
can become many different types of cells
have already differentiated
are going through meiosis
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cloning is a form of....
gene therapy
biotechnology
asexual reproduction
mutation
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A complete set of an organism's genes
albinism
clones
inbreeding
genome
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Genetic engineering is
has the potential to solve all human problems
is forbidden in the Bible
could be used for good or evil
should never be performed on humans

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