Biotechnoloy

Question 1

Biotechnology is?

Answer 1

Used for modifying genetic material of living organisms or cells to reproduce

Question 2

What are gel electrophoresis?

Answer 2

A technique used to separate charged molecules on the basis of size and charge

Question 3

What are polymerase chain reactions?

Answer 3

A technique used to rapidly increase the number of copies of specific regions of DNA

Question 4

What is mapping genomes?

Answer 4

The process of finding locations of gene on each chromosome

Question 5

What is the whole gene sequencing?

Answer 5

Process that determines the DNA sequence of an entire genome

Question 6

What kind of diseases are studied using genome-wide association studies?

Answer 6

diseases caused by multiple genes

Question 7

What carries a gene from one organism into a bacteria cell?

Answer 7

a plasmid

Question 8

In the reproductive cloning of an animal, the genome of the cloned individual comes from ________.

Answer 8

a body cell

Question 9

In gel electrophoresis of DNA, the different bands in the final gel form because the DNA molecules ________.

Answer 9

have different lengths