In forensic biotechnology, the value of PCR is that it allows the establishment of identities based on _____ samples of DNA.

The DNA of every individual contains groups of ________ whose number can be used to establish the identity of that individual.

Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are derived from embryos when they are in the blastocyst stage, which occurs about

(a) 5 days (b) 5 weeks (c) 5 months following conception.

Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) are like ESCs in that they seemingly can give rise to _____ human cell types, yet they are unlike ESCs in that they are derived from ______ cells.

iPS cells could in theory solve the problem of the rejection of transplanted tissue because, through such cells, transplanted tissue might be generated from a patient’s ____.

To “clone” means to make an exact ______.

Reproductive cloning is cloning intended to produce _____. of a defined genotype.

Dolly was a clone of the sheep who ______.

A transgenic organism is one whose genome has stably incorporated one or more _______ from ________.

DNA is cut into useful fragments through use of the molecular scissors known as _______.

The plasmids noted in the text had ________ DNA spliced into them as a first step in using them to turn out a human _______.