Week 19 Flashcards
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An organism that carries a gene (or genes) from a different species that was (or were) introduced via genetic engineering, is called ______.
a transgenic organism
Because the _____ ______ is nearly universal, a gene from one organism can be placed into a completely different organism and direct the production of the same protein.
genetic code
Scientists can use a number of techniques to inactivate one or more genes in an animal, such as a mouse. Such animals are called _______.
knockout animals
What are knockout mice used for?
To identify during which developmental stage a gene functions
To determine the function of a gene
To determine if a gene is essential for survival or not
Click and drag on elements in order
Order the steps in creating a knockout mouse starting at the top.
- Disrupt the cloned gene with a marker gene using recombinant DNA techniques.
- Introduce the interrupted gene into embryonic stem cells.
- Select for cells containing the marker gene.
- Inject ES cells containing the knocked-out gene into an embryo early in its development.
- Implant the embryo into a pseudopregnant female.
- Cross transgenic animals to generate homozygous lines.
A(n) _____
organism is one that has genes introduced into it via genetic engineering.
Blank 1: transgenic, genetically modified, or GM
Scientists can construct specific genetic alterations of a gene in vitro and then use biotechnology to replace a normal gene in a mouse with the constructed altered gene. This results in the creation of a _____
mouse.
Blank 1: knockin
A human gene can be placed into the genome of a bacterium, such as E. coli, and the bacterium will make the encoded protein. How is that possible?
This is possible because of the universal genetic code.
_______ ________
allows the creation of knockout animals, in which a gene is knocked out only in cells of a specific tissue or at a specific time during development.
Conditional inactivation
A mouse, which has had one of its genes inactivated, is called a ___
mouse.
Blank 1: knockout
Several techniques can be used to insert foreign DNA into plant cells. Whatever technique is used, it is particularly difficult to construct knockout plants because ______.
foreign genes generally insert in a random part of the genome
_____ mice can be used to determine the effect(s) of inactivated genes in the adult animal. This can tell scientists whether a gene is essential and what its function might be.
Blank 1: Knockout
The Ti plasmid of A. tumefaciens contains genes that cause the formation of a plant ______
, or a gall, in infected tissues.
tumor
During the creation of a ______ mouse, a gene, which has been interrupted by replacing part of it with a marker gene, is introduced into mouse ______
stem cells.
knockout
embryonic
The Ti plasmid of A tumefaciens can be used to transform plant cells and create transgenic plants by replacing the genes responsible for _______
formation and replacing them with a gene of interest.
Blank 1: gall or tumor
What are “knockin” mice?
Mice which have had a normal allele replaced with an allele that has a specific genetic alteration
A scientist wants to create a knockout mouse, in which a gene is knocked out only in brain cells. One approach that can be used by the scientist is _______
inactivation.
Blank 1: conditional
In plant transformation via particle bombardment, gold or tungsten ______
are coated with recombinant _____
, and fired at plant tissues.
Blank 1: nanoparticles or nano-particles
Blank 2: DNA
identify the general approaches used to introducing foreign DNA into plant cells.
Physical bombardment
Using bacteria to transfer genes
Electroporation
Choose all applications of environmental biotechnology.
Reduce human impact on the environment
Increase the sustainability of resources
Repair environmental damage
Selects all features of the Ti plasmid.
It contains sequences that can transfer part of the plasmid into plant cells.
It is carried by the plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
It contains genes that normally cause the formation of a plant tumor.
The two main types of liquid biofuels currently produced are _____
and ______.
Blank 1: ethanol
Blank 2: biodiesel
Place the steps in the process of creating transgenic plants in the correct order starting at the top.
- The Ti plasmid is isolated from A. tumefaciens.
- The genes responsible for gall formation are replaced with a gene of interest.
- The Ti plasmid is re-introduced into A. tumefacines.
- A. tumefaciens is used to infect plant cells.
- Transformed plant cells are induced under the proper nutritional and hormonal conditions to produce a mature plant.
Choose all advantages of biofuels.
They are environmentally friendly because the carbon in them is derived from atmospheric CO2.
They are renewable.