Genetic Technologies Quiz

Definition: 1. isolate donor cells 2. remove and discard the nucleus from the egg cell 3. transfer the somatic cell nucleus into the enucleated egg cell 4. stimulate cell division 5. implant the embryo into the surrogate mother 6. deliver the baby mouse clone

• gel electrophoresis

• steps for cloning

• transformation

• genetic engineering

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NGSS.HS-LS1-4

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The technique used by biologists to make many copies of a particular gene.

• gene manipulation

• gene therapy

• polymerase chain reaction

• recombinant DNA

Enzyme that cuts DNA at a specific sequence of nucleotides.

• genetic engineering

• restriction enzyme

• gene manipulation

• recombinant DNA

Process of making changes in the DNA code of living organisms

• restriction enzyme

• genetic engineering

• artificial selection

• gene manipulation

DNA that has been formed artificially by combining constituents from different organisms.

• recombinant DNA

• transformation

• gene manipulation

• restriction enzyme

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The type of technology when new genes are put into an organism.

• translocation

• gene manipulation

• genetic engineering

• direct harvesting

A technique that places a gene into a cell to correct a hereditary disease or to improve the genome.

• gene manipulation

• genetic engineering

• gene therapy

• recombinant DNA

Procedure used to separate and analyze DNA fragments by placing a mixture of DNA fragments at one end of a porous gel and applying an electrical voltage to the gel.

• transformation

• genetic engineering

• artificial selection

• gel electrophoresis

Breeding organisms with specific traits in order to produce offspring with identical traits.

• genetic engineering

• selective breeding

• adaptation

• artificial selection

Process in which one strain of bacteria is changed by a gene or genes from another strain of bacteria.

• genetic engineering

• recombinant DNA

• gene therapy

• transformation