AgApps Obj. 4.02 - Animal Biotechnology

Multiple Choice

Which might be a potential benefit of cloning animals for production purposes?

• To produce identical genotypes

• To produce uniform products such as chicken drumsticks

• For saving a species

• For research purposes

Multiple Choice

Genetic engineering in animals is a newer process that:

• is creating new clones daily.

• is not as well-developed yet as it is in plants.

• has no hope for the future.

• has techniques that are extremely well-developed.

Multiple Choice

The hormone bovine somatotropin (BST) is known for:

• increased milk production in dairy cows.

• increased meat production in cows.

• increased meat production in swine.

• increased meat production in swine.

Multiple Choice

Why is biotechnologically-produced BST given in supplemental doses to dairy cows?

• Increase muscle for meat

• Produce only female offspring

• Produce large calves

• Increase milk production

Multiple Choice

The tendency of female sheep to have twins is due to:

• weather conditions.

• the sequence of the bases between the DNA strands.

• the age of the ram.

• the desire of the mother to have twins.

Multiple Choice

Two sides of DNA strands are held together by base pairs. Two bases that pair together are:

• guanine and adenine.

• adenine and cytosine.

• adenine and thymine.

• thymine and guanine.