Which best describes a transgenic organism?
A. One that act as the donor for the DNA to be moved into another organism
B. One produced by cloning a mutant cell
C. One that contains a foreign gene and is free-living in the environment
D. Any genetically modified organism – resulting from laboratory research
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Which of the following best defines the term transgenic animal?
A) an animal that is the first of its kind to bear a particular allele
B) an animal in which a genetic defect has been corrected using recombinant DNA
therapy
C) an animal containing a gene from a another species
D) an animal containing genes from both its parents
E) an animal containing genes from three or more species
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What is the difference between a knockout animal and a transgenic animal?
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How can it be verified that an animal is a transgenic organism?
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Transgenic animals have been used to create animal models for which of the following?
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What is the first step in producing a transgenic animal?
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Which of the following approaches is not used to create a transgenic animal?
Pronuclear microinjection
Retrovirus-mediated transgenesis
Sperm-mediated DNA transfer
Embryo twinning
Transfection of ES cells
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What is the difference between a transgenic animal and a cloned animal?
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How would you define a “transgenic” animal? What about a “knockout” mouse?
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What do people who are opposed to transgenic animal research believe?
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