Gene Technology

A ____ is a small ring of DNA found in a bacterial cell.

• virus
• plasmid
• gene bullet
• PCR

____ is an application of the human genome project that involves the insertion of normal genes into cells with defective genes in order to correct genetic disorders.

• gene gun
• gene mapping
• gene linkage
• gene therapy

What is recombinant DNA?

• DNA containing genes foreign to that organism
• DNA which has been impacted by epigenetics
• DNA that has restriction enzymes
• DNA that has been sequenced

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Which enzyme helps fuse the foreign into the new DNA?

• Ligase
• BamHI
• HindIII
• Polymerase

Restriction enzymes....

• Cut DNA at a specific site
• Can be used to isolate a gene of interest
• Can be used to cut vector DNA
• Do all of these things

The process of putting recombinant DNA into an organism is called....

• Transformation
• Ligating
• Electrophoresis
• Incubating

The purpose of PCR

• cutting DNA
• creating RFLPs
• amplifying/copy DNA
• reversing the charge of DNA

One function of gel electrophoresis is to

• separate DNA fragments
• cut DNA
• recombine DNA
• extract DNA

Which two bear species are most closely related?

• Bear 1 and Bear 2
• Bear 1 and Bear 3
• Bear 2 and Bear 3
• There’s no way to tell

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Biologists need additional copies of a DNA fragment. What tool should they use?

• Gel Electrophoresis
• PCR
• Restriction enzymes
• This isn't possible