RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY QUIZ

Which of the following is correct in terms of determination of location of genetic traits?

Protein-coding genes are always associated with a restriction pattern

Restriction sites allow DNAs to be digested

Known protein coding sequences are too far apart to allow linkage determination for most new genes

None of these

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Which of the following pair will produce complementary sticky ends?

Msp I & HPA II

Eco RI & MspI

Sau 3A & Bam HI

Mbo I & Sau 3A

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Plant transformation can be obtained by

using the E. coli bacterium to infect plant roots

shooting DNA into plant cells with a gun

infecting plants with a tobacco mosaic virus

combining plant and animal cells in culture

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A plasmid

usually contains one or more restriction sites

is a circular DNA molecule

All of these

always contains an origin of replication

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The TP53 gene of chromosome 17 codes for a protein __________ .

that plays a role in the digestive process

involved in the regulation of the cell cycle

involved in glucose transport

that is like a white blood cell protein

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Which of the following genetic diseases would be amenable to genetic engineering?

Cystic fibrosis

Down's syndrome

Cri du Chat

Muscular dystrophy

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First discovered, Type II restriction endonuclease was

EcoRI

Hind II

Hinf I

Eco K

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When populations are small, gene frequencies can change from generation to generation and some alleles may become fixed in a population. This is called __________ .

assortative mating

inbreeding

genetic drift

heterosis

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Which of these genes codes for a protein that plays a role in white blood cell function?

DCP1

MPO

RP13

GLUT4

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X-rays cause

None of these

heat

the formation of thymine dimers

ionization of water in the cell

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