HSA 2006 Biology Item 34print

HSA 2006 Biology Item 34

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In the laboratory, scientists remove the gene for insulin from human chromosomes. They insert the gene into the DNA of bacteria. This causes the bacteria to produce human insulin. The insulin is used to treat diabetes in humans. Which of these describes this process?

  1. meiosis
  2. fertilization
  3. gene splicing
  4. DNA fingerprinting

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