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Genetics

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Set 19 Genetic Technologies Amplifyingmodifyingand Monitoring Dna

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Question 1

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The polymerase chain reaction is used to

A) create millions of copies of an interesting piece of DNA.
B) speed the rate of DNA replication in cells.
C) make more copies of DNA polymerase.
D) copy protein into RNA.
E) make RNA in the cell nucleus.

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Question 2

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Which technique amplifies viral RNA in a patient's blood specimen?

A) antisense engineering
B) a knockout gene
C) a knockin gene
D) transcription-mediated amplification
E) traditional PCR

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Question 3

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A cDNA library represents

A) all the DNA that comprises a genome.
B) all the possible DNA codons used to specify amino acids.
C) all the books in a science library that mention DNA.
D) all the protein-encoding genes in a genome.
E) all the non protein-encoding DNA sequences of a genome.

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