Genetic Engineering

Selective breeding is...

• a process to create an organism with desired traits from parents with those desired traits

• natural method of producing offspring with desired traits

• creating a new species

• making organisms reproduce during times of stress

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One problem with selective breeding is

• creating a new species

• gene variety is lost

• extinction of a species

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What is the purpose of PCR?

• To produce millions of copies of DNA.
• To produce millions of copies of a specific region of DNA
• To add nucleotides to a DNA sequence
• To watch polymerase work.

Which of the following is a circular DNA from bacteria that can hold a foreign gene?

• plasmid
• restriction enzyme
• ligase
• protein expression

Which of the following is a protein that acts as DNA scissors?

• plasmid
• restriction enzyme
• ligase
• protein expression

A restriction enzyme is used to cut both the gene of interest and the plasmid at the restriction sites.

• True
• False

Which of the following terms describes the process of the uptake of recombinant plasmids into bacteria cells?

• rDNA technology
• transferrence
• transformation
• rDNA plasmid

A ____________ is required to transfer genes from one organism to another.

• vector
• reverse transcriptase
• transport molecule
• genetic probe

An organism in which foreign genes have been incorporated is called a:

• recombinant organism
• transgene recombinant
• polymorphism
• transgenic organism

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