Genetic Technologies

What is genetic engineering?

• A process in which modern geneticists can transfer a gene from the DNA of one organism into another.

• When individuals with beneficial traits are more likely to survive and successfully reproduce than individuals without those traits.

• A process of changing a gene to treat a medical disease or disorder.

• A process of creating clones with the same genes as the organism from which they were produced.

What is artificial selection?

• When individuals with beneficial traits are more likely to survive and successfully reproduce than individuals without those traits.

• When humans breed only those organisms with desired traits to produce the next generation.

• A process in which modern geneticists can transfer a gene from the DNA of one organism into another.

• A process of changing a gene to treat a medical disease or disorder.

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What is cloning?

• A process in which modern geneticists can transfer a gene from the DNA of one organism into another.

• When humans breed only those organisms with desired traits to produce the next generation.

• A process of creating clones with the same genes as the organism from which they were produced.

• A process of changing a gene to treat a medical disease or disorder.

What is the purpose of genetic engineering?

• To produce more milk or meat.

• To track toxic chemicals in the body.

• To treat genetic disorders in humans.

• To breed organisms with desired traits.

Lucas is studying the benefits of genetically modified organisms. What is one potential advantage of GMOs in agriculture?

• Increased pesticide use

• Reduced crop yield

• Enhanced nutritional content

• Higher water consumption

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

What is shown here?

• DNA Microarrays

• Virus Scans

• Recombinant DNA

• DNA Fingerprints

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Which Suspect Committed the crime?

• Suspect #1

• Suspect #2

• Suspect #3

• Suspect #4

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

• Vector

• Clone

• Hybrid

• Genome

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Tay-Sachs disease is a recessive genetic condition that damages the brain and causes early death. Miriam had an uncle who died of the disease at age 2. Miriam is considering having a child. She wants to have her DNA tested for the Tay-Sachs gene.

• Genome sequencing will tell Miriam whether she is a carrier of the Tay-Sachs gene.

• Genome sequencing will tell Miriam that her children will have Tay-Sachs disease.

• Genome sequencing will allow Miriam's children to get gene therapy for Tay-Sachs disease.

• Genome sequencing will tell Miriam how closely-related she will be to her children.

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