Genetic Engineering

Genetic engineering has been used to produce

• medicines.
• food animals.
• improved crops.
• all of these.

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Which is used to cut DNA molecules at specific points?

• gel electrophoresis
• PCR analysis
• a restriction enzyme
• recombinant DNA

Which produces offspring from a single cell of an adult?

• inbreeding.
• mutations.
• hybridization.
• cloning.

During transformation, a cell

• is treated with radiation.
• has two genetically different parents.
• has foreign DNA inserted in its chromosome.
• has parents of different species.

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Transgenic organisms contain

• genes from other species.
• cells of another organism.
• genes of only one parent.
• one or more human genes.

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A molecule containing DNA from two different organisms is called

• a plasmid.
• a polyploid.
• a hybrid organism.
• recombinant DNA.

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Genes found on DNA contain the instructions for making  

• pyrimidines 
  
• pyrimidines
• proteins
• purines

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simple ring of DNA from prokaryotes

• plasmid
• restriction enzymes
• recombinant DNA
• gene

Bacteria containing DNA from a foreign donor

• plasmid
• restriction enzymes
• recombinant DNA
• transgenic bacteria

"transgenic" refers to an animal that:

• Has DNA from another organism spliced into its genome

• Has undergone DNA modification

• Has unique genes for its species