Exam 19: Genetic Technologies: Patenting, modifying, and Monitoring Dna

The process that uses short,synthetic,double-stranded RNAs to intentionally bind mRNAs thereby diminishing gene expression is called _____.

A limitation of transgenesis is that

Genetic modification

Bacteriophages can be used as vectors in recombinant DNA experiments because they

The first drug produced using recombinant DNA technology was

Recombinant DNA technology is used to

A molecule that consists of a piece of DNA from one organism combined with the DNA from a member of another species is called

In 1975,scientists convened in Asilomar,California and

To create a transgenic organism,a researcher

The process in which bacteria with the ability to detoxify certain pollutants are released in a particular area is known as

Tiny fat bubbles used to deliver genes are

Which approach could be used to investigate distinctions between a muscle cell and a bone cell?

Morpholinos are

A multicellular organism that carries DNA from other species is termed

Which of these would not be used to introduce DNA in animal cells?

RNA interference was discovered in 1998.

The requirements for patenting of an invention involving DNA in the U.S.are that it should be

A DNA sequence can be patented if

The type of RNA that carries out RNA interference is

Natural selection can be used in bioremediation by acting on pre-existing variations among organisms to select those that can detoxify pollutants.