Category one
What animal was successfully cloned in a research facility in Scotland in 1996 from an adult stem cell?
a)dog
b)lizard
c)sheep
sheep
Nano is a prefix that means:
A)one-billionth.
B)one-tenth.
c)one-millionth.
One-billionth
Which stem cells are most often used to avoid rejection by the patient's immune system?
a)cloned stem cells
b)synthetic stem cells
c)adult stem cells
adult stem cells
A xenograft is used in a heart transplant. Where did this tissue come from?
A) Identical twin
b) A different species
c) the recipients body
A different species
When researchers apply for a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, for what process are they seeking approval?
Creating a transgenic animal
Scientists implant genetic information from one species into another to create a customized strain of mice for research. What are these scientists creating?
hint:______animals
transgenic animals
Reproductive cloning is also called?
hint:_____ cell nuclear transfer.
somatic cell nuclear transfer
Regenerative medicine relies heavily on the use of_______ cells.
stem cells
Four o'clock paint plants may have red, white, or pink flowers. This is an example of?
hint: ______ dominance
incomplete dominance.
Adult stem cells are to be harvested and transplanted into a patient. Where would these cells most likely be found?
in human bone marrow
Clean rooms are special facilities that are designed to ?
keep airborne particles out.
Chemical properties refer to how the material will _______ with other materials.
interact
The chromosome pairing XX in a human represents:
a female
why are people opposed to transgenic animal research
threaten our environment health and food safety
Which structure has the potential to develop into any other cell within the human body?
totipotent cell
Why do consumers not want to purchase genetically modified produce
because of the risk of eating them, health risk
Why are stem cells important to medical researchers
They are needed to create perfectly matched issues to treat an individual.
where do embryotic stem cells come from
a fertilized egg
Incomplete dominance can be described by:
plants possibly having several different colors.
Using genetically modified pigs to harvest heart valves for humans demonstrates which benefit of genetically modified organisms?
tissue and organ donors
What medical device made the external cardiac pump obsolete?
artificial heart
The first step to building a new organ using regenerative medicine is to build a:
scaffold
Any number of viable DNA coding of the same gene, occupying a given position on a chromosome, are known as a/an:
allele
When scientists are able to use an organ from another species for transplantation, this is known as:
xenograft
One benefit of creating a genetically modified mammal is to?
produce animal models for research.