Foundations in Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259705212
Author: Kathleen Park Talaro, Barry Chess Instructor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 10.L2, Problem 2CT
a. When gene probes, DNA profiling, and sequencing make it possible to detect genetic diseases in you or one of your children, would you want you or them to be tested?
b. How would you react to it being used as a screening method for employment or insurance?
c. Most of us would agree to growth hormone therapy for a child with dwarfism, but what would you think about parents who want to give growth hormones to their 8-year-old son so that he will be “better at sports�?
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Foundations in Microbiology
Ch. 10.1 - Define genetic engineering, and describe some of...Ch. 10.1 - Explain the properties of DNA that lend to its...Ch. 10.1 - Summarize the major methods of analyzing DMA and...Ch. 10.1 - Describe the technology behind Identifying,...Ch. 10.1 - Define genetic engineering and biotechnology, and...Ch. 10.1 - Describe the processes involved in denaturing and...Ch. 10.1 - Define restriction endonuclease and explain what...Ch. 10.1 - Prob. 4CYPCh. 10.1 - Explain how electrophoresis works and the general...Ch. 10.1 - How would you make a copy of DNA from an mRNA...
Ch. 10.1 - Briefly summarize the steps involved in DNA...Ch. 10.1 - Outline the steps in the PCR technique and...Ch. 10.1 - What are the functions of primer and Taq...Ch. 10.2 - Explain what is involved in recombinant DNA...Ch. 10.2 - Characterize the events in cloning, using an...Ch. 10.2 - List and discuss some protein products of...Ch. 10.2 - What characteristics of plasmids and...Ch. 10.2 - Name several types of vectors, and list the types...Ch. 10.2 - Describe the basic principles behind recombinant...Ch. 10.2 - Summarize the characteristics of bacteria and...Ch. 10.2 - Outline the main steps in cloning a gene,...Ch. 10.2 - What is one way to determine whether a bacterial...Ch. 10.2 - Characterize several products that have resulted...Ch. 10.3 - Define what is meant by the term transgenic or...Ch. 10.3 - Describe the uses of genetically modified bacteria...Ch. 10.3 - Prob. 10ELOCh. 10.3 - Explain how DNA technology can be used to treat...Ch. 10.3 - Describe several uses of genetically modified...Ch. 10.3 - Prob. 18CYPCh. 10.3 - Why must animals usually be modified in the embryo...Ch. 10.3 - Prob. 20CYPCh. 10.3 - What are some ethical and biological...Ch. 10.3 - Outline the uses of gene therapy and gene editing...Ch. 10.4 - Outline the uses of gene therapy and gene editing...Ch. 10.4 - Describe two methods in performing a DNA analysis,...Ch. 10.4 - Describe several applications of DNA profiling and...Ch. 10.4 - Describe what a DNA profile is and how STRs and...Ch. 10.4 - Prob. 24CYPCh. 10.4 - Explain the origins of mtDNA and its importance in...Ch. 10.4 - Explain the difference between a DNA profile and a...Ch. 10.L1 - Which gene is incorporated into plasmids to detect...Ch. 10.L1 - Which of the following is not essential to carry...Ch. 10.L1 - Which of the following is not a part of the Sanger...Ch. 10.L1 - The function of ligase is to a. rejoin segments of...Ch. 10.L1 - The pathogen of plant roots that is used as a...Ch. 10.L1 - Prob. 6MCQCh. 10.L1 - Which DNA fragment will be closest to the top...Ch. 10.L1 - Prob. 8MCQCh. 10.L1 - For which of the following would not require a...Ch. 10.L1 - Prob. 10MCQCh. 10.L1 - What type of mutation caused Nicholas’s disease?...Ch. 10.L1 - Which type of cells were used to extract the DNA...Ch. 10.L1 - Lay out the genetics of Nicholas’s case,...Ch. 10.L1 - Prob. 1WCCh. 10.L1 - What is it about the endonucleases that prevents...Ch. 10.L1 - Prob. 3WCCh. 10.L1 - a. Explain what hybridization is and how it is...Ch. 10.L1 - Prob. 5WCCh. 10.L1 - Prob. 6WCCh. 10.L1 - Prob. 7WCCh. 10.L1 - Explain the kinds of study involved in genomics,...Ch. 10.L1 - For what reasons would gene therapy be more...Ch. 10.L1 - Prob. 10WCCh. 10.L2 - a. Give an example of a benefit of genetic...Ch. 10.L2 - a. When gene probes, DNA profiling, and sequencing...Ch. 10.L2 - Which suspect is the likely perpetrator according...Ch. 10.L2 - Trace the genetic steps in the development of a...Ch. 10.L2 - You are on a jury to decide whether a person...Ch. 10.L2 - Can you think of some reasons it would not be...Ch. 10.L2 - What would be some major impediments to...Ch. 10.L2 - Prob. 8CTCh. 10.L2 - Describe the main differences between genome...Ch. 10.L2 - Itemize all of the ways that microbes have...Ch. 10.L2 - Below are two unrelated DNA paternity tests: one...Ch. 10.L2 - Figure 9.25d, shown here, shows the original...
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