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1

List three potential uses for recombinant microorganisms.
2

In the experiment demonstrating that somatostatin can be produced in bacterial cells, what was the importance of the extra methionine engineered into the sequence?
3

Why is human insulin not produced directly by cloning the human insulin gene into bacteria?
4

What is the difference between a recombinant bacterial strain engineered to have a particular characteristic and a nonrecombinant strain that has the same characteristic?
5

List several hurdles which must be overcome by scientists who wish to perform field trials of recombinant organisms.
6

Why might a scientist want to use gene replacement rather than gene addition?
7

How can scientists identify a chimeric animal produced with recombinant cells?
8

List two methods used to transfer genes into plant cells.
9

Define organismal cloning.
10

In the process of cloning Dolly, scientists used phenotypically distinct breeds of sheep for the mammary cell donor, the egg donor, and the surrogate. Why?
11

List two potential uses for human cloning to produce babies, and provide an alternative for each of them.
12

What is the best source of mammalian embryonic stem cells?
13

Human cloning is often considered to be a way to produce genetically identical human beings. However, the same techniques could be used in "therapeutic cloning", now often called somatic nuclear transfer, in which the goal is to produce genetically matched embryonic stem cells. How might these cells be medically useful?
14

What are two drawbacks to use of adult stem cells?
15

What does VNTR stand for?
16

Give three potential uses for DNA fingerprinting.
17

What are the two primary methods of delivery of DNA for gene therapy?





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