1. The use of living organism for practical purposes such as beer making, cheese making, and agriculture is referred to as ______________
a. Recombinant DNA b. Gene cloning c. biotechnology d. transgenesis
2. _______ is the manipulation and transfer of genes between chromosomes of the same species or between different species to increase crop yields, control harmful insects biologically, or produce more effective drugs.
a. Genetic engineering b. transgenesis c. DNA sequencingd. polymerase chain reaction
3. ________ is any DNA molecule consisting of 2 or more DNA segments that are NOT found together in nature.
a. Transgenic hybrids b. Recombinant DNA c. equilibrium d. transfection
4. ________ are special DNAses that cut DNA only at particular sequences.
a. Restriction enzymes b. Cleavage furrows c. DNA helicases d. DNA gyrases
5. The short sequences of nucleotides recognized and cut by a given restriction enzyme are called a _________
a. sticky end b. promoterc. insertion sequence d. restriction site
6. _________ are pieces of DNA that all begin and end with a certain restriction site and are all of different lengths.
a. Okazaki fragments b. Restriction fragments c. liposomal fragments d. lagging fragments
7. Biologists make recombinant DNA by linking together different kinds of DNA with the enzyme _________
a. topoisomeraseb. DNA gyrasec. DNA helicased. DNA ligase
8. __________ is the enzyme that copies RNA into DNA.
a. DNA polymeraseb. RNA polymerasec. reverse transcriptase d. DNA ligase
9. ___________ allows researchers to make 1,000’s or millions of copies of individual genes.
a. A PCRb. Transfectionc. plasmid transferd. viral infection
10. Organisms that carry recombinant DNA in their genomes are called ____________
a. Extraterrestrialb. Transgenicc. pseudogenicd. polygenic
11. The first transgenic animals were _________________
a. Miceb. Rabbits c. Sheepd. Goats
a. Recombinant DNA b. Gene cloning c. biotechnology d. transgenesis
2. _______ is the manipulation and transfer of genes between chromosomes of the same species or between different species to increase crop yields, control harmful insects biologically, or produce more effective drugs.
a. Genetic engineering b. transgenesis c. DNA sequencingd. polymerase chain reaction
3. ________ is any DNA molecule consisting of 2 or more DNA segments that are NOT found together in nature.
a. Transgenic hybrids b. Recombinant DNA c. equilibrium d. transfection
4. ________ are special DNAses that cut DNA only at particular sequences.
a. Restriction enzymes b. Cleavage furrows c. DNA helicases d. DNA gyrases
5. The short sequences of nucleotides recognized and cut by a given restriction enzyme are called a _________
a. sticky end b. promoterc. insertion sequence d. restriction site
6. _________ are pieces of DNA that all begin and end with a certain restriction site and are all of different lengths.
a. Okazaki fragments b. Restriction fragments c. liposomal fragments d. lagging fragments
7. Biologists make recombinant DNA by linking together different kinds of DNA with the enzyme _________
a. topoisomeraseb. DNA gyrasec. DNA helicased. DNA ligase
8. __________ is the enzyme that copies RNA into DNA.
a. DNA polymeraseb. RNA polymerasec. reverse transcriptase d. DNA ligase
9. ___________ allows researchers to make 1,000’s or millions of copies of individual genes.
a. A PCRb. Transfectionc. plasmid transferd. viral infection
10. Organisms that carry recombinant DNA in their genomes are called ____________
a. Extraterrestrialb. Transgenicc. pseudogenicd. polygenic
11. The first transgenic animals were _________________
a. Miceb. Rabbits c. Sheepd. Goats