The use of microbes to make practical products such as vaccines or hormones is called (genomics/recombination/biotechnology)

What will be an ideal response?


biotechnology

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A researcher is studying several different Rhodnius mutants. One of her mutants only molts normally up until the 2nd nymph stage. After that, insects continue to molt but keep demonstrating body plans of the 2nd nymph stage

What is the likely effect of this mutation in Rhodnius? Choose all that apply. A. The juvenile hormone is not expressed B. The ecdysone hormone is not expressed C. The prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH) is not expressed D. The juvenile hormone is over-expressed E. The ecdysone hormone is over-expressed F. The prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH) is over-expressed

Biology & Microbiology

A __________ is used to transfer genetic information from one organism to another

a. vector b. genetic marker c. DNA mutation d. virus

Biology & Microbiology

For the codon-anticodon pairing, flexibility exists at the

a. first base. b. second base. c. third base. d. fourth base. e. fifth base.

Biology & Microbiology

Nearly two dozen different alleles for the same gene can determine eye color in fruit flies. This is an example of 

A. multiple alleles. B. polygenic inheritance. C. pleiotropy. D. incomplete dominance.

Biology & Microbiology