Advances in Genetics lesson quiz

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    A genetic disorder may be corrected by inserting copies of a gene directly into a person's cells. What is this process called?

    • Hybridization
    • Cloning
    • Inbreeding
    • Gene therapy
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Do you understand genes and genetics well? Take this quiz on advances in genetics lesson to see how updated your knowledge is. This quiz will help you check your understanding of the information on the rapidly evolving field of genetics. Your scores will reveal whether you know everything or you need to learn more. All the best for a perfect score on this quiz. Do share the quiz with others to help them check their knowledge too.

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  • 2. 

    __________ results in an organism that has exactly the same genes as the organism from which it was produced.

    • Cloning

    • Inbreeding

    • Genetic engineering

    • Hybridization

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  • 3. 

    Organisms with desired traits are chosen to be parents of the next generation in which of the following processes?

    • Artificial selection

    • Cloning

    • Hybridization

    • None of the above

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  • 4. 

    Some people are worried that ___________ of crops may cause harm to the environment or cause health problems in humans.

    • Cloning

    • Genetic engineering

    • Inbreeding

    • Hybridization

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  • 5. 

    What are the small rings of DNA found in some bacterial cells called?

    • Insulin gene

    • Bacterium

    • Plasmids

    • Bacterial chromosome

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  • 6. 

    A hybrid organism has 2 different ____________ for a trait.

    • Processes

    • Plasmids

    • Alleles

    • Parents

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  • 7. 

    What is the crossing of two individuals that have similar desirable characteristics called?

    • Cloning

    • Hybridization

    • Genetics

    • Inbreeding

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  • 8. 

    In which process do the breeders cross two genetically different individuals?

    • Selective breeding

    • Genetic engineering

    • Hybridization

    • None of the above

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  • 9. 

    The process by which genes from one organism are transferred into the DNA of another organism is called.

    • Selective breeding

    • Cloning

    • Genetic engineering

    • Hybridization

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  • 10. 

    If we use a stem cutting from an African violet, it is easy to produce a new plant, which is a(n) ______

    • Inbreeding organism

    • Hybrid

    • Selective breeding organism

    • Clone

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