Which of the following is an example of epigenetics? a. X-inactivation. b. metagenomic analysis of microbial communities. c. using proteins to inhibit transcription. d. using PCR to amplify copies of genes

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Q: Why is the discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells important to the advancement of science and…

A: Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are a subtype of pluripotent stem cells that are derived from…

Q: How is gene editing applied in our society? a. to customize a living organism’s genetic sequence by…

A: Q. The correct option is (d) i.e,  all of the above. Explanation: Genetically modified crops are…

Q: Which of the following is not one of the ways that Avery’s transforming principle resembles DNA?a.…

A: The DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the hereditary unit of an organism. The gene consists of DNA…

Q: Horizontal gene transfer is a process in which genetic material from an organism is a. transferred…

A: Genes are the structural and functional units of heredity that carry coded genetic information in…

Q: One concern about using genetically-modified organisms is that many of the methods used to create…

A: CRISPR/Cas9 technology can be used to introduce targeted mutations or deletions in the genome by…

Q: Which type of genomics studies the transcripts and proteins expressed by a genome?   a. Comparative…

A: Introduction :- Genomics is the study of an organism's entire genome, which includes genetic…

Q: Which of the following can be a achieved by CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing tool? A. Knocking out…

A: CRISPR/Cas9 is a genome editing technology whose main function is to edit parts of genome by…

Q: How does a retrovirus prepare its genetic material for incorporation into the host cell genome?   a.…

A: Retrovirus enters the host cell through the attachment of their surface proteins. Retrovirus is an…

Q: The experiments with nutritional mutants in Neurospora by Beadle and Tatum provided evidence that…

A: The experiments with the nutritional mutants in the Neurospora by the Beadle and Tatum evidence…

Q: In 1996, a group of scientists from Scotland used a somatic cell of an adult sheep and fused it with…

A: Cloning

Q: Which of the following is not a reason that scientists make transgenicorganisms?a. To increase the…

A: Genetic engineering, likewise called genetic alteration or genetic control, is the immediate control…

Q: Choose the statement that best describes the outcome of transfecting cells with a plasmid that…

A: A plasmid is an extra chromosomal DNA present within a cell. It is physically separated from the…

Q: a. deleting that protein from an organism (knock-out).

A: Antisense can be defined as the strand of DNA that is not involved in coding. There are several…

Q: this is an example of biotechnology: In order to increase the yield of oil from canola, research…

A: Biotechnology is the branch of science that deals with the production of various products by using…

Q: The application of computer techniques to analyze a genome is calleda. biotechnology.b.…

A: Answer is c.) bioinformatics.

Q: After watching the video “Genes as Medicine" discuss how gene therapy has been used to treat an…

A: Gene therapy is a medical field that focuses on the utilization of the therapeutic delivery of…

Q: In an HIV infection, this enzyme is responsible for copying theRNA information in the virus into…

A: HIV or human immunodeficiency virus is a virus that causes AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome)…

Q: A collection of host cells that house cloned fragments representing expressed genes is a____.   a.…

A: Gene Expression -- Gene expression is the process by which the information encoded in a gene is used…

Q: When using gene therapy to treat an hereditary disease, the idea is to: A. Introduce the correct…

A: Genes are the functional segment of DNA which encode for proteins.

Q: . In this process, a gene of interest is inserted into the chromosome ofa bacterium, allowing the…

A: Answer- Biotechnology is the branch of science that deals with the part of cells and whole cells to…

Q: function of a restriction endonuclease?

A: Recombinant DNA technology mainly aids in identification or investigation of DNA, recombination and…

Q: In gene therapy, healthy genes are placed into animal cells that have defective genes by usinga. a…

A: Answer is c.) virus vectors.

Q: You mix a culture of killed ampicillin-resistant Staphylococcus bacteria with some live E. coli…

A: Recombination in bacteria: a. The term recombination refers to the exchange of genetic material…

Q: In gene mapping using generalized transduction, bacterial genes that are cotransduced are a. far…

A: Transduction is a process used to map the bacterial genes. The transduction is of two types,…

Q: n Hershey and Chase’s experiment investigating which biological molecule carries genetic…

A: Hershey and Chase studied cells of the intestinal bacteria ie E.coli after injection by virus T2.

Q: Which of the following approaches you can use to locate the relative positions of genes on…

A: Genes are located on chromosomes. These genes can not be targeted without using any specific gene…

Q: Which of the following statements about CRISPR-Cas9 is correct? O A. It relies on the natural…

A: The CRISPR cas9 is the abbreviated form of clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic…

Q: True or False: Organisms in the domain Archaea are more closely related to the domain Eukarya due to…

A: Archaea is prokaryotic single celled organism.

Q: How do scientists induce prokaryotes to produce human proteins?a. They insert human genes into…

A: Recombinant DNA technology is the process of joining the DNA molecules of two different species…

Q: Which of the following techniques use genes and DNA molecules for diagnoses of diseases? A. Gene…

A: Early disease discovery frequently results in more cures or a better chance of survival. As a result…

Q: Discuss the process and give example on the following: a. Genome Project-write b. Mitochondrial…

A: The process of genome writing, mitochondrial DNA "spring cleaning," micro-encapsulation, and…

Q: What is the role of a virus in gene therapy?a. It causes the disease that gene therapy is aiming to…

A: The correct option is (b).

Q: In the experiment of Avery, McLeod, and McCarty, the additionof RNase or protease to a DNA extracta.…

A: Avery, McLeod, and McCarty were the three scientists who performed an experiment and reported their…

Q: Which method in biotechnology is used to read and understand an organism's DNA?

A: DNA is a nucleic acid that acts as the genetic material. Knowledge of sequence of an organism's DNA…

Q: In the Hershey and Chase experiment involving T2 phage,a. most of the 32P entered the bacterial…

A: Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a long molecule. It contains the instructions an organism required to…

Q: In addition to the use of T-DNA vectors, other methods toproducetransgenic plants includea.…

A: Transgenic plants are plants that have been genetically engineered. It is a breeding approach that…

Q: If a scientist wanted to introduce a transgene into a plant, which of these techniques would they be…

A: D.) Infect plant cells with bacteria containing T-DNA.

Q: According to the selfish DNA hypothesis, TEs exist becausea. they offer the host a selective…

A: Selfish DNA is a sequence of DNA that have two distinct properties such as the DNA sequence spreads…

Q: Which of the following is not a key property of hereditarymaterial?a. It must be capable of being…

A: Introduction  DNA serves as the main genetic material in various organisms be it prokaryotes or…

Q: In Hershey and Chase’s experiment investigating which biological molecule carries genetic…

A: In Hershey and Chase’s experiment, the protein coat was labelled with radioactive sulfur and the DNA…

Q: Define the following terms: a. lytic cycle b. prophage c. transduction d. lysogeny e. nuclocapsid

A: Bacteriophage was a type  virus which uses the  bacterial cell  as a host for the process of…

Q: The field of genetics that studies how gene expression can be affected by signals from the…

A: Changes in genes expression can be actuated by external elements like climate ( for example; diet,…