Exam 14: The Future Is Here: Microorganisms and Biotechnology

If a gene of interest is inserted into a plasmid, and the plasmid also has a lethal gene and an antibiotic resistance gene, to later identify those plasmids:

Which of the following is not added to the reaction mix in the polymerase chain reaction?

Which of the following is an important obstacle to the routine use of gene therapy?

What is bioremediation?

A foreign gene is incorporated into a virus, creating a recombinant virus. The virus is now allowed to infect certain cells, with the hope that the foreign gene carried by the virus will be incorporated into the DNA of the cells. Which of the following is true?

Genome analysis of bacteria has revealed:

What is the polymerase chain reaction? Briefly state how it works.

Southern blotting can be used to:

A restriction enzyme that recognizes relatively rare base sequences in the DNA will:

When DNA fragments are separated by gel electrophoresis:

What exactly is a DNA library? What is a genomic library?

The sequencing of the human genome has shown us that:

One of the concerns about genetically modified plants is how they might affect wild plants. In what way? Why is this worrisome?