Chapter 13 Vocabulary Quiz

____________________ is the process by which desired traits of certain plants and animals are selected and passed on to their future offspring.

• Inbreeding
• Selective Breeding
• Cloning
• Genomics

A __________________ involves breeding an organism that has the unknown trait with one that is homozygous recessive for the desired trait.

• Test Cross
• Selective Breeding
• Genomics
• Inbreeding

______________________ recognize and bind to specific DNA sequences and cleave the new DNA within that sequence.

• Gene Therapy
• Plasmid
• Gel Electrophoresis
• Restriction Enzymes

______________________ sorts DNA by size.

• EcoRi
• Genome
• Gel Electrophoresis 
• DNA Fingerprinting

_______________ are small circular DNA molecules.

• PCR
• Plasmids
• Genome
• Proteomics

Some cells will take the new recombinant DNA in a process called ___________________.

• Transcription
• Translation 
• Transfer
• Transformation

Large numbers of identical bacteria can be produced through the process of _____________.

• PCR
• Cloning
• Genomics
• Proteomics

__________________ is the process aimed at correcting mutated genes.

• PCR
• Test Crossing
• Genomics
• Gene Therapy

_____________ is the study of an organism's genome.

• Genomics
• Probiotics
• Proteomics
• Gene Therapy

The large scale catologing of the structure and function of proteins in the human body is called _________________.

• Genomics
• Proteomics
• Gene Study
• Haplotypes