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Chapter 7 Mutations and biotechnology

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A mutation that causes death of the organism   Lethal Mutation  
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What type of mutation does not affect the offspring?   Somatic Mutation  
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Downs Syndrome is caused by ?   One too many chromosomes  
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Inbreeding is to breeds as crossbreeding is to   Hybrids  
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When a person selects and mates a dog from different breeds that have the characteristics whey want in the new breed,   Crossbreeding  
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Which one of these does not belong with the others: Embryo splitting, asexual reproduction, identical twins and hybrid.   Hybrid the other three have to do with cloning.  
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Splitting frogs and cattle embryos are a step in what process?   Cloning  
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Fraternal twins have the same   Parents  
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The process of genetic engineering can be used for   good or evil  
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What is the Human Genome Project?   A scientific effort to map all human genes  
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Any change in an organism's genetic materail   Mutation  
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A mutation that changes the sequence of bases in a gene   Gene Mutation  
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If a person has the gene but not the disease   Carrier  
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A mutation that occurs in a gamete or gamete forming cell.   gern mutation  
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A mutation in a cell that does not produce gametes   somatic mutation  
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a change involving the number of genes or the arrangement of genes on a chromosome.   Chromosomal Change  
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having two sets of chromosomes   diploid  
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characteristics referring to the number of sets of chromosomes in a cell.   ploidy  
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Twins that develop from a single zygote   Identical twins  
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Who in the Bible used selective breeding   Jacob  
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Cloning is what form of reproduction   asexual  
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Caused by a mutation that affects pigments   albinism  
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the choosing of organisms that are purebred for a desired characteristic   breed  
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the mating of an organism with a close relative   inbreeding  
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another name for hybridization   genome  
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the condition in which an offspring is stronger than its parent   Hybrid vigor  
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the use of special techniques to control the genetic makeup of an organism   genetic engineering  
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a group of genetically identical organisms produced by asexual reproduction.   Clones  
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the result of a pregnancy in which two sperm unite with two different eggs and form genetically unique organisms   Fraternal twins  
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a complete set of an organism's genes   Genome  
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Mutations can happen at   anytime  
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Mutations are considered   harmful  
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Sometimes mutations do not appear to affect the   organisms  
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what attempts to preserve the special characteristics of a breed   Inbreeding  
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Man has used what kind of principles without understanding how they work.   Genetic principles  
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Livestock breeders need to go where in order to learn how to breed.   college  
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Which cell is most likely to be differentiated?   Human skin cell  
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Fraternal twins have the same?   Parents  
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List some recessive genetic disorders   albinism, cystic fibrosis, and hemophilia  
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How do Scientist use genetic engineering in diabetes?   they place the genes for insulin in bacteria and collect the insulin produced.  
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Stem cells can become   Many type of cells  
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What is genome   a complete set of an organism's genes  
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A change in the sequence of bases that make up the gene   gene mutation  
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the use of genetic engineering to correct defective genes is called   Gene therapy  
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Why does a farmer clone his crops?   it has desirable traits that he wants to maintain.  
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Doe Genetic engineering hold the answer to all human problems?   No, because our sin nature is still a part of use and no genetic engineering will change that.  
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Explain the difference between a somatic stem cell and a embryonic stem cell   One uses tissue from humans and doesn't take a life the other takes the life of an unborn baby.  
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