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Type: Multiple-Choice
Category: Nervous and Endocrine Systems
Level: Graduate
Author: Ialteir1992
Created: 9 years ago

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Why can the gene that produces insulin in a human be inserted into bacteria and produce the same human insulin?
  1. Because humans evolved from bacteria, the gene for insulin is already present in bacteria.
  2. The insulin gene originated in bacteria and was transferred to humans through an infection.
  3. Humans and bacteria have the same proteins.
  4. Bacterial DNA is made up of the same chemical building blocks as human DNA.