BIOL 133 (5) Questions with CORRECT Answers
Question:
According to the work done on famines in Sweden, what is the sensitive period for
transgenerational epigenetic changes in human females?
Answer:
During fetal development when she is starting to produce eggs.
Question:
What are characteristics of cancer cells?
Answer:
They lack contact inhibition, they divide faster and are dedifferentiated
Question:
What are legitimate criticisms of gene therapy?
Answer:
Some gene therapies are an attempt to "improve" people and this was the goal of
the eugenics movement and gene therapy trials have had limited success and have
sometimes resulted in making people sicker or resulting in their death.
Question:
Which of the following is a KNOWN human carcinogen (according to the International
Agency for Research on Cancer)?
Answer:
DES (a synthetic estrogen)
Question:
The purpose of creating GMO organisms that glow in ultraviolet light is to DNA
ligase is used like glue.
Answer:
test the concept that an organism can accept a foreign gene by using a gene
product that is easily visible.
Question:
According to the work done on famines in Sweden, what is the sensitive period for
transgenerational epigenetic changes in human females?
Answer:
During fetal development when she is starting to produce eggs.
Question:
What are characteristics of cancer cells?
Answer:
They lack contact inhibition, they divide faster and are dedifferentiated
Question:
What are legitimate criticisms of gene therapy?
Answer:
Some gene therapies are an attempt to "improve" people and this was the goal of
the eugenics movement and gene therapy trials have had limited success and have
sometimes resulted in making people sicker or resulting in their death.
Question:
Which of the following is a KNOWN human carcinogen (according to the International
Agency for Research on Cancer)?
Answer:
DES (a synthetic estrogen)
Question:
The purpose of creating GMO organisms that glow in ultraviolet light is to DNA
ligase is used like glue.
Answer:
test the concept that an organism can accept a foreign gene by using a gene
product that is easily visible.
