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Introductory Biology

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Set 17 Developmental Genetics

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Question 1

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Cloning mammals has proven to be:

A) impossible
B) easy and straightforward
C) not technically feasible at the present time
D) a technique that produces many similar-looking, deformed progeny
E) a process with a low success rate and a high incidence of genetic defects

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Question 2

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The significance of totipotency is that:

A) genes are not regularly lost during development.
B) most organisms can be easily cloned.
C) differentiation leads to the loss of certain genes in each cell.
D) somatic cells are incapable of differentiation.
E) unexpressed genes are lost during development.

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Question 3

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Cells become progressively committed to specific patterns of gene activity and developmental fate through a process known as:

A) morphogenesis
B) determination
C) cell differentiation
D) pattern formation
E) growth

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