Section 3

Question 1

Scientists test for alleles that cause human genetic disorders by

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detecting the DNA sequences found in those alleles.

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Question 2

The process of DNA fingerprinting is based on the fact that

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no two people, except identical twins, have exactly the same DNA.

Question 3

What conclusion CANNOT be made from two DNA fingerprints that show identical patterns of bands?

Answer 3

The DNA from the two DNA fingerprints definitely came from two different people.

Question 4

The Human Genome Project is an attempt to

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sequence all human DNA.

Question 5

The human genome was sequenced

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by looking for overlapping regions between sequenced DNA fragments.

Question 6

Which of the following information CANNOT be obtained from the Human Genome Project?

Answer 6

Which of the following information CANNOT be obtained from the Human Genome Project?
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Question 7

The purpose of gene therapy is to

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cure genetic disorders.

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Question 8

Which of the following is the first step in gene therapy?

Answer 8

identifying the faulty gene that causes the disease

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Question 9

Gene therapy is successful if the

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replacement gene is replicated in the person’s cells.

Question 10

Which of these is an example of the benefits of genetic engineering?

Answer 10

creating human insulin to treat people with diabetes

Question 11

The Human Genome Project can help genetic engineers produce human proteins because

Answer 11

to produce a protein, geneticists must know the sequence of DNA bases that codes for the protein.

Question 12

What is the purpose of the Human Genome Project?

Answer 12

to identify the DNA sequence of every gene in the human genome

Question 13

What is a genome?

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all the DNA in one cell of an organism

Question 14

Except for identical twins, all people have the same DNA. _________________________

Answer 14

False different

Question 15

The goal of DNA fingerprinting is to identify the DNA sequence of every gene. _________________________

Answer 15

the human genome project

Question 16

A person can be tested for the allele that causes Huntington’s disease because the _________________________ of that allele is different from that of the normal allele.

Answer 16

DNA sequence

Question 17

In DNA fingerprinting, the DNA probe that is used is ____________________ to the DNA sequence of the repeats.

Answer 17

Unknown

Question 18

The three alleles on the single gene that controls blood type are said to be ____________________ alleles.

Answer 18

polygenetic

Question 19

The process of _________________________ replaces a faulty gene with a normal working gene.

Answer 19

gene therapy

Question 20

Scientists in the Human Genome Project are working to identify the ____________________ sequence of every human gene.

Answer 20

DNA

Question 21

All of the DNA in one cell of an organism is called a(n) ____________________.

Answer 21

genome

Question 22

A pattern produced from fragments of the DNA of a specific person is called a(n) ____________________.

Answer 22

DNA fingerprint

Question 23

DNA fingerprinting analyzes sections of DNA that have little or no known function but are similar from person to person.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

To locate genes within the human DNA sequence, scientists look for open reading frames within the sequence.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

Information from the Human Genome Project can be used to learn more about human DNA and genes.

Answer 25

True