Genetic testing and genetic engineering

The process of making changes in the DNA code of a living organism is called 

• Selective Breeding
• Inbreeding
• Genetic Engineering
• Di-hybrid Cross

What process can prospective parents use to determine if they are carrying recessive alleles for a disease?

• Genetic Testing
• DNA Figerprinting
• Gene Therapy
• DNA Extraction

A member of group of genetically identical cells produced from a single cell is called 

• Vector
• Clone
• Hybrid
• Genome

The small ring of DNA found in a bacterial cell used as a biological vector

• Helix
• Plasmid
• Clone
• Nucleotide

_______ cells are used to produce human proteins at an increased rate for gene therapy. 

• Plant
• Human
• Animal
• Bacteria

How do scientists cut DNA into smaller strands?

• restriction enzymes
• scissors
• ligase
• agarose

Process of changing a gene to treat a medical disease or disorder. An absent or faulty gene is replaced by a normal working gene

• gene therapy
• inbreeding
• seek an destroy missile but for genes
• mutation

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which of these is not a use of DNA profiling?

• Solving Crime

• Paternity Testing

• Screening for diseases

• Genetic Engineering

What mutation has occurred here?

T-G-A-C-C-A

T-G-A-G-C-A

• Substitution

• Deletion

• Insertion

• Frameshift

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Which genetic testing method is considered an invasive procedure?

• Aminocentesis

• Chorionic villus sampling

• In Vitro fertilisation

• Genetic counselling