Current treatments for human genetic diseases include all of the following except
a. restricting a dietary substrate.
b. replacing the mutant gene in all cells.
c. alleviating the patient's symptoms.
d. inhibiting a harmful metabolic reaction.
e. supplying a protein that is missing.
Answer: b. replacing the mutant gene in all cells.
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A. A transgenic organism contains only genes from other species, while a genetically modified organisms contains genes from its own species and genes from other species. B. A genetically modified organism is an organism that contains any foreign genes, while a transgenic organism has foreign genes that come from another species. C. A transgenic organism is an organism that contains foreign genes, while a genetically modified organism has foreign genes that come from another species. D. There is no difference between the two terms, they mean the same thing.
In a wilted leaf, the protoplast has shrunk away from the cell wall
a. True b. False
What does the accompanying figure represent?
A) the average energy budget values between male and female sand crickets in low v. medium v. high food environments B) the average energy budget values between long-winged and short-winged crickets in low v. medium v. high food environments C) the average energy budget values for low v. medium v. high food environments in two different species of sand crickets D) the average energy budget values in low v. medium v. high temperature environments for long-winged v. short-winged sand crickets
An indicator of programmed cell death is
a. fragmented chromatin. b. swelling of the membrane. c. cell lysis. d. loss of transcription control. e. All of the above