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Reading Quiz 3
  1. What is the difference between a prokaryotic cell and a eukaryotic cell?

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  2. In the cell, what does the endoplasmic reticulum (E.R.) do? What is the difference between the smooth and the rough E.R.?

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  3. In the cell, what does DNA do? Where is most DNA in the cell located?

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  4. What does a chloroplast do? In what kind of organism are chloroplasts found?

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  5. How many pairs of chromosomes do most healthy humans have?

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  6. What is the difference between a somatic and a hereditary mutation? Give an example of each.

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  7. What is the difference between "inside" and "outside" genetic engineering? Which one causes more political controversy and why?

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  8. Using current cloning technology, if we were to clone a person at the end of the cloning process we would have a full-grown adult. ___ True ___ False

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  9. What is "xenotransplantation"?

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  10. I am genetically engineering a pumpkin plant. I find that by introducing a poison ivy gene into the plant, insect pests avoid the plant. White mice appear to be able to eat the pumpkin without a problem. Can I now sell the pumpkins from my new genetically modified plants? Why or why not?