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When the DNA from individuals is analysed a unique DNA profile is made and a result similar to a bar code is obtained. This DNA profile formation is also known as genetic

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Engineering Mutations

Screening Fingerprinting

What is the method used for separating the fragments of DNA when getting a DNA fingerprint?

Gel electrophoresis

Gene pharming

Genetic screening

Gene linkage

What term is given to the modern techniques or processes used to

artificially alter the genetic information in the chromosome of an organism?

Gene therapy

Genetic engineering

Geneticfingerprinting

Genetic screening

An enzyme that recognises specific nucleotide sequences on DNA molecules and cuts the DNA strands at those sites is

called …

Catalase

Recombinant enzyme

Severing enzyme

Restriction enzyme

An organism whose genome has been changed by the addition of a gene from another organism is referred to as a …

Restricted organism

Genetically mutated organism

Recombinant organism

Transgenic organism

During transformation the majority of bacteria ….

Are mixed with DNA sections

Produce the desired product

Fail to take up plasmids

Are inserted into host cells

The joining together (or splicing) of overlapping cut ends of DNA

sections to form recombinant DNA is called …

Isolation Ligation

Restriction Cloning

An example of a cloning vector is …

A bacterial plasmid

A recombinant DNA molecule

A genetically modified organism Dolly the sheep

The first stage of genetic engineering is referred to as …

Expression Isolation

Insertion Transformation

What organisms have been used to genetically engineer human

clotting factor?

Bacteria Rice plants

Sheep Goats

DNA fingerprinting can be used to determine if a person …

Has a disease Has faulty RNA

Is a carrier of a disease

Is the parent of a child

A common technique used to increase the amount of DNA for

forensic analysis is …

DNA replication GMO

Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) Electrophoresis

Restriction fragments are produced using …

Gel electrophoresis Enzymes

DNA ligase Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

The first genetically engineered medicine was used to treat which

of the following?

Bacterial infection Diabetes

Parkinson’s disease Tuberculosis

The process of transcribing RNA into DNA, used by retroviruses and

in biotechnology, is called …

Recombination Transcription

Replication Reverse transcription

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