Unit 8 - DNA Uses

Lab technique that makes a picture of a person's chromosomes

• karyotyping

• DNA sequencing

• DNA fingerprinting

How many autosomal chromosome pairs do you have?

• 23

• 22

• 46

Selective breeding is used to produce organisms with _______ traits.

Researchers use genetic engineering to _______ DNA.

An organism that contains individual genes from another organism is called a ________ organism

• different

• genetic

• transgenic

• engineered

What contains all the information needed for an organism to survive and grow?

• parents

• chromosomes

• genome

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

The Human Proteome Project sequenced the nucleotides of human DNA and identified 20-25,000 genes in humans.

• true

• false

Answer explanation

The Human Genome Project

What was the lab technique used in the Human Genome Project?

• DNA fingerprinting

• DNA fragmentation

• DNA sequencing

Most, but not all, of the human genes are known.

• true

• false

The study of identifying proteins and their cellular activities is known as _____.

• genomics

• biology

• proteomics