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What is Dolly the sheep famous for?
being a cross between a cow and a sheep
Being the first mammal to be successfully cloned
Who is Dolly?
<p>Holding the world record for biggest sheep</p>
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What is genetic engineering?
The way engineers measure the spacing for houses
Manipulating numbers in math
The direct manipulation of food going into the body
The direct manipulation of genes
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What is a reason for cloning?
To get revenge on someone after you pass away
None of the above
To make stem cells to repair the body
To make armies of random bad gene people
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What is Biotechnology?
The process of water entering the ground.
The study of how cows eat grass.
The study of biology on computers.
Manipulation of organisms to make useful products.
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Diabetics have used insulin from cattle and pigs but now can use human insulin.
True
False
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Recombinant DNA can be cloned by inserting it into host cells in a process called
Transformation
Translation
Transfusion
Transparent
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What is bioremediation?
The study of students in biology class
It dosen't exist
The use of other oranisms to rid contaminants from world
The act of remediationg genes for later use
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Theknockout technique is important for knocking out genes and studying humangenetic diseases.
True
False
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Biotechnology produces new organisms more slowly than traditional breeding.
False
True
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What are the three types of stem cells?
fogipotent, stemulipotent, multicelluar
light, round, transparent
Totipotent, unipotent, pippotent
Multipotent, totipotent, pluripotent
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DNA ligase joins _______ fragments during DNAreplication.
Switzle
Remindern
Quintcellular
Okazaki
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What is pharming?
using animal poop used for medicine
normal plants and animals used for medicine
using insects to manipulate plant growth
genetically modified plants and animals used for medicine
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What is a genomic library?
A collection of books about genes
A collection of pants
A collection of DNA fragments that show the DNA of organism
A collection of proteins from animals in a library
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What is a gel electrophoresis used for?
separate nucleic acids or proteins based on electric charge
separate nucleic acids or proteins based on physical aspects
separate nucleic acids or proteins based on size
all of the above
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Gene cloning uses _________ and needs ________.
water; carbondioxide
respiration; water
fat; energy
plasmids; restriction enzymes
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What is the purpose of restriction enzymes?
splice DNA strands at a specific sequence
hold together DNA strands at a specific sequence
copy DNA strands at a specific sequence
cut DNA strands at a specific sequence
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Which of these promoters and other features are included in an expression vector?
signal sequences
inducible promoter
all of the above
tissue-specific promoter
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What are possible risks of GMOs?
increase in insects resistance to the new GMOs
harm to wild life
All of the above
new allergens
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What are the benefits of GMO's?
Products are bigger
Products are resistant to droughts
Products last longer
All of the above
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RNA interference inhibits mRNA translation and occurs via the action of
spliceosomes
ribosomes
DNA
small interfering RNA
