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1
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Each cell in your body (except ______ and _______) has the same DNA.

A

Sperm and Egg

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2
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Each cell in your body (except sperm and egg) has the same _____.

A

DNA

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3
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Cells express different _____ based on their functions.

A

genes

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4
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Plants and animals have been modified by humans for thousands of years.

A

True

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5
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_______ ________: is selective breeding where humans choose desired traits.

A

Artificial Selection

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6
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Artificial Selection:

Genes are not moved between _________.

A

Organisms

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7
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Artificial Selection:

Frequency of _____ in population is changed over generations.

A

alleles

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8
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Genetically modified foods contain about 85% of U.S. _____ and _____.

A

corn and soy

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9
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Processed foods contain GM products
1.
2.
3.

A
  1. corn syrup
  2. soy
  3. vegetable oils
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10
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Formed by the incorporation of a gene from one organism into the genome of another species.

A

Transgenic organism

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11
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Transgenic Organisms are also called _____ ______ _____.

A

genetically modified organism (GMO)

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12
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  1. Increase shelf life
  2. Increase crop yield
  3. Increase nutritional value
    are all reasons to ______________.
A

Modify plant crops

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13
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Tomatoes ripen more slowly.

A

Increase shelf life

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14
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Plants resist pesticides and herbicides

farmers may use less chemicals on crops

A

Increase Crop Yield

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15
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Golden rice produces beta-carotene

A

Increase nutritional value

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16
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pests may come resistant to _______ ________.

A

Genetic Modifications

17
Q

Development of “super bugs and Super weeds” and leads to even more use of pesticides and herbicides because of _____ _______ crops.

A

Genetically modified

18
Q

Engineered salmon mating with wild populations may disrupt ______ _______.

A

Food webs

19
Q

production of GMOs that produce drugs to treat or prevent disease.

A

Pharming

20
Q

Tobacco plants produce human proteins (blood)

A

True

21
Q

_______ produce human blood-clotting proteins in their milk.

A

goats

22
Q

Step 1 in pharming goats:

A

human clotting gene being injected into the fertilized goat egg

23
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Step 2 in pharming goats:

A

One female pregnant goat

24
Q

Step 3 in pharming goats:

A

offspring goat being milked

25
Q

Unspecialized, undifferentiated precursor cells with an undetermined function

A

Stem cells

26
Q

can become any cell type in the body

A

totipotent

27
Q

found in non embryonic tissue

A

adult stem cells

28
Q

umbilical cord blood

bone marrow

A

adult stem cells

29
Q

2 main uses for stem cells

A

therapeutic cloning

degenerative diseases

30
Q
  1. To grow specific tissues to treat spinal cord injuries or burns
  2. to replace damaged or failing organs
A

Therapeutic Cloning

31
Q
  1. liver and lung diseases
  2. heart disease
  3. multipole sclerosis
  4. alzheimer’s
  5. parkinson’s
A

Degenerative diesases