Biology - Genetics and Inheritance

Question 1

1. Genetic Engineering

Answer 1

DNA taken from a human cell

Question 2

2. Genetic Engineering

Answer 2

Use an enzyme to cut/isolate the required gene from the DNA

Question 3

3. Genetic Engineering

Answer 3

Use a different enzyme to cut the plasmid out of a bacterial cell

Question 4

4. Genetic Engineering

Answer 4

Use an enzyme to cut a section of DNA from the plasmid

Question 5

5. Genetic Engineering

Answer 5

Insert the gene for insulin in the plasmid

Question 6

6. Genetic Engineering

Answer 6

Use another enzyme to join the ends of the plasmid

Question 7

7. Genetic Engineering

Answer 7

Put the plasmid with the gene back into a bacterial cell

Question 8

8. Genetic Engineering

Answer 8

Leave the bacteria to divide

Question 9

9. Genetic Engineering

Answer 9

Insulin is removed and purified, ready for use in humans/organisms

Question 10

1. Cloning

Answer 10

Take a normal body cell from the organism to be cloned and remove the nucleus

Question 11

2. Cloning

Answer 11

Take an egg cell from another organism and remove the nucleus (and discard it)

Question 12

3. Cloning

Answer 12

Insert the nucleus of the normal body cell to the empty egg cell

Question 13

4. Cloning

Answer 13

Electric shock is given to stimulate cell division

Question 14

5. Cloning

Answer 14

Implant this embryo into the uterus of a surrogate mother to develop into a clone