Chapter 13 Self Quiz: The New Biology

Dolly the lamb was cloned using the technique called
1. zygote shock (wrong)
2. gel imprinting (wrong)
3. blastocyst splitting (wrong)
4. somatic cell nuclear transfer (correct)
5. restriction fragment cloning (wrong)
  Hint
Embryonic stem cells are ________, able to give rise to all cell types.
1. totipotent (correct)
2. pluripotent (wrong)
3. omnipotent (wrong)
4. impotent (wrong)
5. multipotent (wrong)
  Hint
The first few mitotic divisions of the zygote multiply the total number of cells without increasing total mass. This is called
1. genesis (wrong)
2. lysis (wrong)
3. fission (wrong)
4. fusion (wrong)
5. cleavage (correct)
  Hint
During therapeutic cloning, embryonic stem cells can be harvested from the
1. blastocyst (correct)
2. zygote (wrong)
3. egg (wrong)
4. sperm (wrong)
5. ovary (wrong)
  Hint
Sticky ends are produced by
1. DNA polymerase (wrong)
2. restriction enzymes (correct)
3. cDNA (wrong)
4. mRNA (wrong)
5. DNA ligase (wrong)
  Hint
Primer annealing is a technique used in
1. making stem cells (wrong)
2. making restriction fragments (wrong)
3. making recombinant DNA (wrong)
4. PCR (correct)
5. gel electrophoresis (wrong)
  Hint
Gel electrophoresis is a tool to
1. splice mRNA (wrong)
2. separate DNA fragments (correct)
3. produce DNA from RNA (wrong)
4. cut DNA into fragments (wrong)
5. make recombinant DNA (wrong)
  Hint
Polymerase chain reactions can be used to help
1. create DNA "fingerprints" (correct)
2. cut bacterial DNA (wrong)
3. cut human DNA (wrong)
4. seal sticky ends (wrong)
5. clone an animal from stem cells (wrong)
  Hint
Genetically engineered insulin can be used to treat
1. hemophilia (wrong)
2. sickle-cell anemia (wrong)
3. Down Syndrome (wrong)
4. dwarfism (wrong)
5. diabetes (correct)
  Hint
Which of the following is NOT found in the human genome?
1. introns (wrong)
2. structural DNA (wrong)
3. tRNA (correct)
4. transposable elements (wrong)
5. duplicated sequences (wrong)
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