Biotechnology Techniques 2020

These are used to cut genes in both recombinant DNA research and DNA fingerprinting

• Clones
• Plasmids
• Probes
• Restriction Enzymes

A sheep early embryo is removed from a mother’s uterus, and individual embryonic cells are separated and allowed to grow and develop in a test-tube, then reimplanted in a different mother sheep. This is called ________________.

• Recombinant DNA

• Artificial embryo twinning

• Gene Therapy

• Somatic cell nuclear transfer

A genetic disease such as cystic fibrosis, can be potentially cured by _________.   

• Vaccines
• Gene Therapy
• Antibiotics
• GMOs

DNA fragments move across the gel in Gel Electrophoresis at varying distances.  What causes the variations?

• The electrical charge
• The attraction of the fragments
• The level of radioactivity
• The size of the fragments

A crime lab receives a tiny sample of blood from a crime scene. The technicians amplify up the copies of DNA a billion-fold using Taq polymerase. This is an example of the use of ________.

• Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

• Polymorphism

• Recombination

• Somatic Nuclear Transfer

Researchers have been able to insert a gene into goats that cause silk from spiders to be produced in the goat’s milk. The genetically modified organism (the goat) is an example of what type of organism?

• Cloned

• Transcribed

• Transgenic

• Chemosynthetic

Which male is the father?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• None of the ones tested

The model below shows the use of which of the following?

• A DNA mutation

• PCR

• DNA replication

• Recombinant DNA

Strawberries have been created to resist the harmful effects of frost. This is an example of __________.

• Genetically Modified Foods

• DNA Fingerprinting

• Cloning

• Gene Therapy

What is the process that is used to create a DNA fingerprint called?

• Meiosis

• Transgenic Organism

• Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

• Gel Electrophoresis of restriction fragments