Cloning Quiz

Which answer choice fits the following statement : "DNA makes up discrete recipes or programs called _________?"

• Deoxyriboses
• Phosphate Molecules
• Genes
• Carbon Sugars

True or False: Differentiated Cells are cells with a specialization, and have a very specific set of genes activated.

• True
• False

What is a Stem cell?

• Undifferentiated cell of an embryo that can reproduce itself
• A cell that can differentiate and be undifferentiated  
• Neither of these answers are correct
• Both of these answers are correct

Which answer explains having the ability to differentiate into ALL cell types?

• Pluripotent
• Totipotent
• Multipotent
• Differentiated Cells

Which answer explains having the ability to differentiate into many cells types?

• Pluripotent
• Totipotent
• Multipotent
• Differentiated Cells

Which answer explains having the ability to differentiate into a limited number of cell types?

• Pluripotent
• Totipotent
• Multipotent 
• Differentiated Cells

Stem cells can be found naturally in?...

• Trophoblast
• A Fertilized Egg (ES)
• None of these
• I have no idea becasue I didn't pay attention

True or False: We have figured out how to make stem cells differentiate into every single type of tissue.

• True
• False

The advantages of Embryonic Stem cells include?...

• Capacity for indefinite proliferation in culture
• Can be differentiated into a variety of cells including germ cells
• Can be maintained as frozen stocks
• All of the above

True or False: In the United States, as of July 2011, it is illegal to use federal funding for research on human embryos derived from a somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT)

• True
• False