Chapter 7 Test Flashcards
Since the call of mankind, creation has
undergone degeneration
The process of producing human clones to provide cells for the treatment of a disease
therapeutic cloning
Genetic engineering could be used for __________ or __________
good; evil
How do scientists use genetic engineering to produce insulin for a person with diabetes?
They place the gene for human insulin into the bacteria’s DNA and collect the insulin that the bacteria produced
The types of mutation that affect the offspring
polyploid, gern, chromosomal
To develop a new breed of dog (like the best breed ever - goldendoodle), a breeder selects and mates dogs from different breeds that have the characteristics he wants in the new breed.
crossbreeding
Cells that can become many different types of cells
Stem cells
Splitting frog or pig zygotes is a step in
cloning
John and Mary are 12 year old twins. What kind of twins are they?
fraternal
The Human Genome Project is a scientific effort to
map all human genes
Natural human clones are called
identical twins
Why might a farmer clone one of the plants in his crop?
because it has a desirable trait that he wants to maintain
Fraternal twins
have the same parents
An example of a germ mutation is an
egg cell mutation
This attempts to preserve the special characteristics of a breed.
Inbreeding