Mutations
What do we call a change in an organism's genetic material?
What is a mutation?
What type of mutation does not affect the offspring?
What is a somatic mutation.
Where do embryonic stem cells come from?
What is an embryo.
Cloning is a form of what kind of reproduction?
What is asexual.
In what way are humans different from other creatures?
What is in that they have a spiritual nature.
What kind of mutation occurs in cells that produce gametes?
What is a germ mutation.
What do we call the use of living organisms to make a new, more desirable organism or product?
What is biotechnology.
Where do somatic stem cells come from?
What is an adult (or child).
What kind of twins have the same genes?
What is fraternal twins.
What has happened to the human lifespan since the time of the Flood?
What is decreased dramatically.
What kind of mutation causes death in an organism?
What is a lethal mutation.
What do we call the use of genetic engineering to correct the defective genes responsible for certain diseases?
What is gene therapy?
Which type of stem cells are already being used to treat many diseases?
What are somatic stem cells.
This is not a question about cloning:
Name the process of becoming worse which creation has undergone since the Fall.
What is degeneration.
Name a recessive genetic disorder in which blood cannot clot, so the boys who have it can bleed to death with a cut.
What is hemophilia.
What kind of mutation changes the sequence of bases in a gene?
What is a gene mutation.
Name the endeavor which mapped all the human genes.
What is the Human Genome Project.
Name a cell type that is differentiated.
What is a nerve cell, skin cell, hair cell, etc.
Why might a farmer clone one of the plants in his crop?
What is to pass on its desirable traits.
Name a recessive genetic disorder in which the person can produce no melanin (skin color).
What is albinism.
What kind of mutation occurs in body cells?
What is a somatic mutation.
What do we call crossing different breeds of animals to obtain desired characteristics?
What is crossbreeding.
What can stem cells become?
What is just about any type of cell?
Name the process of producing human clones for the treatment of disease.
What is therapeutic cloning.
Name a recessive genetic disorder which affects the person's mucous glands and sweat glands.
What is cystic fibrosis.