Genetic Engineering Quiz
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- Q1Selectively bred over 800 plant speciesBURBANK30s
- Q2Produces desired traits (dogs, cats, horses, cattle, etc.)SELECTIVE BREEDING30s
- Q3The ability to use DNA to identify individuals (no two individuals have the same DNA except identical twins)DNA FNGERPRINT30s
- Q4Used to make copies of genesPOLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION30s
- Q5Cells that have many sets of chromosomes (different number of chromosomes makes this a new species)POLYPLOIDY30s
- Q6Sheep (Dolly - 1997)FIRST MAMMAL CLONE30s
- Q7Cloned the first mammal - Dolly the sheepWILMUT30s
- Q8Circular DNA found in bacteriaPLASMIDS30s
- Q9Chemicals and RadiationCAUSE OF MUTATIONS30s
- Q10Differences among organisms (primarily caused by mutations)VARIETY30s
- Q11Review this closely (book or notes)CLONING DIAGRAM P. 42730s
- Q12Two very closely related individuals are crossed (Dogs - many defects result from this)INBREEDING AND EXAMPLE30s
- Q13Crossing two organisms from different species. (horse and donkey = traits of horse & traits of donkey) (cow & buffalo = beefalo) (lion & tiger = liger)HYBRIDIZATION AND EXAMPLE30s
- Q14Exact copies of cells or organisms (know diagram on p. 427)CLONING30s
- Q15A combination of DNA from different sourcesRECOMBINANT DNA30s