Cell Biology and Biotechnology

Find the odd one out

• DDT

• Malathion

• Humus

• Chloropyriphos

The disease related with the synthesis of insulin is (a)  

The growth of living organisms in a prepared medium or media.

• Gene
• Culture
• Cell
• Bio-processing 

A protein that accelerates the rate of chemical reactions 

• Gene
• DNA
• Enzyme
• Hybrid

What is the manipulation of organisms or their components to make useful products?

• Genetic Engineering

• Mutation

• Biotechnology

• Recombinant DNA

Which would be a desirable trait scientists may want to create in a transgenic plant?

• the ability to resist insects

• the ability to grow less fruit

• the ability to change color in the winter

• the ability to use a lot of water

Which technique would most likely be used by forensic scientists?

• gene cloning
• DNA fingerprinting
• karyotyping
• gene therapy

Which biotechnology is used to make exact DNA copies of an organism?

• Gel electrophoresis
• Genetic Engineering
• Inbreeding
• Cloning

What does transgenic mean?

• An organism that can change its genes at will

• A stem cell that can differentiate into anything

• An organism that has had another species' DNA put in it

• A bacteria that reproduces asexually

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Gene therapy is successful if the...

• DNA can be placed in a virus
• Virus carrying the gene can insert it into DNA
• New gene is expressed as a protein
• New gene is replicated in DNA