Life Science: Life's Structure and Function, Book A

Section 3: Advances in Genetics

Self-Check Quiz-Eng.

1.
__________ is one type of genetic engineering, where a normal allele is placed into a virus.
A)A color blind test
B)Down's syndrome
C)Gene therapy
D)Polygenic inheritance
2.
Which of these is used to improve the phenotype of plants?
A)recombinant DNA
B)mitosis
C)chromosome disorders
D)selective breeding
3.
Human insulin can be produced by introducing DNA from one organism into a _______.
A)virus
B)plant
C)vaccine
D)bacterium
4.
_______ is one method of genetic engineering in which a useful segment of DNA from one organism is inserted into a bacterium.
A)gene therapy
B)recombinant DNA
C)selective breeding
D)cloning
5.
Which is a genetic disorder that gene therapy may correct?
A)Type I diabetes
B)tetnus
C)AIDS
D)cystic fibrosis
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