Exam 16: Development,stem Cells,and Cancer

The bicoid gene product is normally localized to the anterior end of the embryo.If large amounts of the product were injected into the posterior end as well,which of the following would occur?

Entire plants can be cloned from individual somatic cells.What phenomenon does this demonstrate?

Which of the following processes can be used to clone animals?

Imagine you are a doctor,and a patient comes to you with type I diabetes and needs treatment.Which of the following types of cells would provide the most effective treatment?

Which of the following processes is most like the formation of twins?

Mutations in which of the following genes lead to transformations in the identity of entire body parts?

Which of the following is characteristic of the product of the p53 gene?

Which of the following would result from a mutation in a proto-oncogene?

A Drosophila female has a homozygous mutation for a maternal effect gene.Which of the following results would occur due to this mutation?

Which of the following statements correctly describes tumor-suppressor genes?

Which of the following characteristics would a mutation in the bicoid gene in Drosophila most likely effect?

Which type(s)of cancer is the APC gene most associated with?

In animals,which of the following statements describes one difference between reproductive cloning and therapeutic cloning?

Which of the following genes map out the basic subdivisions along the anterior-posterior axis of the Drosophila embryo?