Honors 13/ 14 review

To maintain the desired characteristics of a line of organisms, breeders often use a technique known as

• hybridization
• increased breeding
• inbreeding
• genetic breeding

Nearly all domestic animals and most crops have been produced by

• inbreeding
• selective breeding
• genetic engineering
• hybridization

What is the ultimate source of genetic variability?

• mutations
• luck
• breeders
• scientists

Which technique involves a mixture of DNA fragments being placed in a porous gel with an electric voltage?

• restriction enzymes
• recombinant DNA
• polymerase chain reaction
• gel electrophoresis

Which technique allows scientists to make many copies of a particular gene?

• restriction enzymes
• recombinant DNA
• polymerase chain reaction
• gel electrophoresis

Plasmids have ____- a gene that makes it possible to distinguish bacteria that carry a plasmid with foreign DNA from those that don't.

• restriction enzymes
• genetic markers
• transformative factors
• recombinant DNA

Organisms that contain genes from other species

• transgenic
• transploidy
• polyploidy
• clone

A cross between dissimilar individuals to bring together their best characteristics is called

• genetic engineering
• inbreeding
• hybridization
• sequencing

When cell transformation is successful, the recombinant DNA

• undergoes mutation
• is treated with antibiotics
• becomes part of the transformed cell's genome
• becomes a nucleus

A member of a population of genetically identical cells produced from a single cell is a

• clone
• plasmid
• mutant
• sequence