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The genes of an organism

• Mesotype
• Phenotype
• Teletype
• Genotype

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What do gene versions do?

• Make the proteins
• Provide instructions for proteins
• Give the  organism its genes
• Pass on the genes to the offspring

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Gene therapy is the attempt to

• fuse cells taken from different species.
• treat disease by changing a patient's DNA.
• determine a baby's sex before birth.
• provide genes to people who have none.

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A mutation is defined as:

• A change in the cell's structure

• Anything that changes in an embryo

• Any change in the physical features of a human

• A change in the DNA sequence

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True or false, mutations create genetic diversity?

• True

• False

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Which is a genetic engineering advancement directly related to a career in biotechnology?

• improving solar energy collection

• transporting textiles at higher rates

• creating crop foods that resist insect pests

• repairing historical sites with quality materials

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A mutation is

• the process by which species adapt to environmental changes over a very long time

• to receive genes from a parent

• the process by which the distribution of traits in a population changes over many generations

• a random change to a gene that sometimes results in a new trait

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An uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body is ...

• cancer

• cell division

• cell cycle

• mitosis

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This level of biodiversity is described as the variations found in genes of organisms.

• Biodiversity

• Genetic

• Species

• Ecological

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This person has Angel Mans syndrome. What is different about their chromosomes?

• Chromosome 1 is misshapen

• Chromosomes 21 is too small

• They are missing one of chromosome 15

• Chromosomes 7 and 8 look weird

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