Ananda Chakrabarty received the first U.S. patent for a GM organism. This organism was ________
A) a transgenic mouse expressing the growth hormone gene
B) the GloFish
C) Dolly the cloned sheep
D) cloned E. coli
E) Pseudomonas engineered to degrade petroleum
E
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The response to touch by such plants as the sensitive plant is due to:
A. changes in water content of cells B. changes in electrical impulses at the touched area C. auxin displacement in the touched area D. effect of gibberellins on the area affected E. sensitive responder cells
In sewage treatment, the removal of large objects and particulate matter is achieved during
A. primary treatment. B. secondary treatment. C. tertiary treatment. D. quaternary treatment.
Without proofreading, the rate of errors in DNA replication in bacteria is as high as about one for
every ____ nucleotides assembled.
a. 10 to 100 b. 100,000 to 1,000,000 c. 1000 to 10,000 d. 10,000,000 to 100,000,000 e. 100,000,000 to 1,000,000,000
Ecology
A. is primarily involved with studies of individual organisms. B. is the study of biomes and climate. C. works for the good of the environment. D. is the study of plant and animal interactions. E. is the study of interactions between organisms and their environment.