Genetic Engineering

What process is used to allow organisms (plants/animals) with desired characteristics to produce the next generation?

• Selective Breeding

• Hybridization

• Generation Time

• Inbreeding

What is the crossing of dissimilar individuals to bring together the best of both organisms?

• Inbreeding

• Mutation

• Recombination

• Hybridization

What is the continued breeding of individuals with similar characteristics.

• Hybridization

• Inbreeding

• Systematic Breeding

• Focused Breeding

Breeders can increase the genetic variation in a population by introducing __________?

• Reductions

• Inductions

• Mutations

• Additives

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What is the process of making changes in the DNA code of living organisms?

• Selective Breeding

• Genetic Engineering

• Cell Transformation

• Cell Editing

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What is used to make larger DNA segments into smaller fragments.

• Restriction Enzymes

• DNA Polymerase

• Genetic Scissors

• Anti-Codons

What technique is used to separate DNA fragments by size using a porous gel and an electrical current?

• Electro-Pore Sorting

• Gel Electrophoresis

• Genetic Gel Shifting

• DNA Electric Zoning

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

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Bacteria often contain small circular molecules of DNA known as...

• Clones

• Mutagenes

• Plasmids

• Hybrids

Organisms that contain genes from other organisms are called...

• Transgenic

• Mutagenic

• Donor Organisms

• Cloned Organisms.

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