Chapter 1

Question 1

CRISPR-Cas

Answer 1

clustered regularly interspered short palindromic repeats

Question 2

epigenesis

Answer 2

an organism develops from the fertilized egg by a successsion of developmental events that eventually transform the egg into an adult

Question 3

cell theory

Answer 3

organisms are composed of basic structural units called cells

Question 4

spontaneous generation

Answer 4

creation of living organisms from nonliving components

Question 5

chromosome theory of inheritance

Answer 5

most eukaryotes have two sets of chromosomes

Question 6

human diploid number

Answer 6

46

Question 7

alleles

Answer 7

alternate forms of a gene

Question 8

genotype

Answer 8

set of alleles for given triat

Question 9

phenotype

Answer 9

expression of enotype produces observable features

Question 10

pyrimidines

Answer 10

cytosine
thymine

Question 11

purines

Answer 11

adenine
guanine

Question 12

Gene expression consists of ___ of DNA into mRNA and the _____ of mRNA into a ____

Answer 12

transcription; translation; protein

Question 13

recombinant DNA technology began with the discovery of ___

Answer 13

restriction endonuclease (RE)

Question 14

biotechnology

Answer 14

use of recombinant DNA technology and molecular techniques to make a product