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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Which is another term for selective breeding?

• Artificial selection
• Natural Selection
• Intelligent selection

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Evidence shows that the wolf is the ancestor to all of the breeds of dogs shown below. How did this variation arise in a relatively short period of time?

• A.  Genetic manipulation
• Natural selection
• Random chance
• Selective breeding

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The process of manipulating an organism's DNA for the benefit of humankind and society is called...

• chemical engineering

• civil engineering

• genetic engineering

• electrical engineering

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Which is used to cut DNA molecules at specific points?

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

A DNA molecule produced by combining DNA from different sources is known as...

• a mutant

• a hybrid

• replicated DNA

• recombinant DNA

Which of the following would require the use of recombinant DNA?

• crossing apple trees to create better apples

• engineering bacteria to produce human insulin

• breeding a donkey and a horse to make a mule

• creating a polyploid tree

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A mouse that glows because of a gene from a jellyfish is produced by

• Genetic engineering

• Selective breeding

• Gene mutation

• Cloning

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A clone is 

• recombinant DNA
• a transgenic organsim
• plasmid
• genetically identical 

What process is shown in the picture?

• Gene therapy
• Cloning
• DNA Fingerprinting
• Gene Splicing