Why can’t scientists yet simply merge DNA from different species into one working chromosome?

1. In 2010, Craig Venter’s team achieved which of the following?

Created functional chromosomes by joining DNA segments from different species

Produced the first fully synthetic vaccine

Grew animal organs in laboratory petri dishes

Created a bacterium with a fully synthetic genome, nicknamed Synthia

2. With reference to the recent developments in science, which one of the following statements is not correct?

Functional chromosomes can be created by joining segments of DNA taken from cells of different species

Pieces of artificial functional DNA can be created in laboratories

A piece of DNA taken out from an animal cell can be made to replicate outside a living cell in a laboratory

Cells taken out from plants and animals can be made to undergo cell division in laboratory petri dishes

3. Which standard laboratory technique amplifies specific DNA segments outside a living cell?

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

X-ray crystallography

Mass spectrometry

Electron microscopy

4. What allows cells taken from plants and animals to divide in laboratory petri dishes?