Title: Unit 10 Review
Course: SAT 170 Introductory Biotechnology > Section: SAT 170 Introductory Biotechnology

Q: What is the difference between cisgenesis and transgenesis?

Q: Define food security.

Q: Agrobacterium tumefaciens is the bacterium which serves as the source of the Cry gene for the Bt toxin.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: Which of the following are methods which are used to create transgenic animals?
- protoplast fusion
- micropropagation
- TI plasmid
- sperm-mediated transfer
- all of the above
A: sperm-mediated transfer

Q: ____________________________ is the fusion of sperm and egg from the same individual to create like offspring.

Q: A dicot is a type of plant which develops from two seed halves.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: Describe antisense technology. How is this used in the field of genetic engineering?

Q: What are two goals for the use of transgenic plants in the field of agriculture? Give examples of each.

Q: What are two goals for the use of transgenic animals in the field of agriculture? Give examples of each.

Q: ____________________________ is the process of incorporating a foreign gene or segment of DNA into an organism from a closely related organism with which it could naturally breed.

Q: Why is chloroplast engineering beneficial over nuclear engineering of plants?

Q: What is glyophosphate? Why is it important to agricultural biotechnology?

Q: A ____________________________ is a plant, fungal or bacterial cell which has had its cell wall removed.

Q: What is Golden rice?

Q: What is outcrossing? Why might it be a problem for transgenic plants?

Q: Describe the embryonic stem cell method used for creating transgenic animals.

Q: Another name for bovine growth hormone (BGH) is ____________________________.

Q: What is a biosaboteur?

Q: What are biofuels? Why would biofuels fall under the jurisdiction of agricultural biotechnology?