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Chapter-08_Homework
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Figure 8.1

You will identify the steps in recombinant DNA technology.

Part A
Label the processes involved in recombinant DNA technology.

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ANSWER:

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Bacterial Plasmid
chromosome
Gene of interest
Isolate plasmid
Enzymatically
cleave DNA into
fragments

Isolate fragment
with the gene of
interest

Insert gene into

plasmid

Insert plasmid and

gene into
bacterium

Correct

Visualize It! Chapter 8 Figure 1

You will identify the steps and components of the polymerase chain reaction.

Part A
Label the steps and components of the polymerase chain reaction.
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Denaturation (94
degrees C)

DNA primer

Priming (65 degrees C) Deoxyribonucleotide

triphosphates

DNA polymerase

Repeat

Extension (72 degrees

C)

Correct

Microbiology Animation: Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR): Overview

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Part A

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What is the end goal of PCR?
ANSWER:

To allow cells to make DNA faster, thereby growing faster

To quickly increase the number of copies of a specific DNA sequence

To increase the pool of different DNA sequences

Correct

Part B
PCR stands for

ANSWER:

polymerase chain reaction.

polymerase copy reaction.

polymerization copying rapidly.

Correct

Part C
Which of the following is an application that uses PCR?
ANSWER:

Diagnosing a disease

Providing enough DNA for cloning into another organism

Sequencing a gene, diagnosing a disease, and providing enough DNA for cloning into another organism

Sequencing a gene

Correct

Microbiology Animation: Recombinant DNA Technology

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Part A
How do restriction enzymes cut DNA sequences?
ANSWER:

They cut DNA at sites, called recognition sites, that have specific nucleotide sequences.

They have the ability to cut DNA randomly.

They cut DNA at sequences that have lots of adenine bases.

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Part B
In general, how might recombinant DNA technology be used to prevent a genetic disorder caused by a mutation in a single gene?

ANSWER:

To insert a desirable gene, remove an undesirable gene, or replace a defective gene with a functioning gene

To remove an undesirable gene

To replace a defective gene with a working gene

To insert a desirable gene

Correct

Part C
Which of the following attaches the target gene to a desired location?
ANSWER:

Restriction enzymes

Chromosomal DNA

Plasmids

DNA ligase

Correct

Part D
Why would a recombinant DNA molecule be inserted into a host cell?
ANSWER:

Restriction enzymes can only be used inside of a cell.

It can be copied, transcribed, and translated into a desired protein.

It can protect the recombinant DNA.

Plasmids cannot be isolated outside of a host cell.

Correct

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