Inheritance & DNA
In this process of cell division, a diploid cell splits in two. It also contributes to the healing of cuts and growth.
Mitosis
This advanced gene-editing technology allows scientists to alter the DNA sequence of living organisms.
CRISPR
This particular food is a genetically modified crop produced to help people suffering from vitamin A deficits, which has been linked to blindness.
Golden Rice
These facilities were created to preserve wild and traditional versions of crops so that biodiversity can be maintained in the environment.
Seed Banks
Which enzyme acts as the 'glue' to join DNA fragments?
DNA Ligase
In this process of cell division the outcome is four daughter cells and the production of haploid gametes.
Meiosis
This hormone is extracted from transgenic bacteria to treat diseases like diabetes.
Insulin
These type of enzymes are used to cut genes out of human DNA.
Restriction enzymes.
This is the mating or breeding of organisms that are closely related genetically, such as siblings or cousins. It shrinks the size of the gene pool and often leads to genetic abnormalities.
Inbreeding
This word is used to describe the shape/structure of DNA. It is sometimes described as resembling a twisted ladder.
Double Helix
How many chromosomes does a healthy child have upon birth. How many come from the mother? How many come from the father?
A total of 46 chromosomes. 23 from the mother and 23 from the father.
This is the multidisciplinary field of study that examines the moral, legal, and social issues arising from advances in medicine, biology, and biotechnology
Bioethics
These are embryos that are intentionally selected or modified to include or exclude specific genetic traits, ranging from preventing heritable diseases to choosing desired physical or cognitive characteristics.
Designer Babies
These are the differences in physical traits, behaviours, and genetic makeup among individuals of the same species. When it occurs at high levels it contributes to biodiversity.
Variation
It is in this part of the cell where genetic information is stored in the form of chromosomes
Nucleus
This diagram is used to determine whether a child will inherit dominant or recessive traits from parents.
Punnett Square
This controversial process is when a scientist changes the genetics of an embryo resulting in that change being passed down to future generations.
Germline Editing
This refers to an organism (plant, animal, or microbe) whose genome has been altered by adding foreign DNA from a different species. Corn is an example of this type of organism.
Transgenic Organism
This is the evolutionary process by which humans take control of the breeding, care, and survival of a wild plant or animal species. Animals become more docile after this process. Dogs and cows are examples of these types of animals.
Domesticated
What is the circular piece of bacterial DNA used in genetic engineering called?
A Plasmid
These type of inherited traits exist on a range of values such as body mass, height, or shoe size and can change over time.
Continuous traits.
This principle in the biotech industry states, "we must prove a GM organism is safe before we release it, not find out it's harmful after."
The Pre-cautionary Principle
DNA that has been formed artificially by combining constituents from different organisms.
Recombinant DNA
This phrase is often used as a synonym for selective breeding whereby humans guide the reproductive process of animals by selecting for desired traits.
Artificial Selection
These four letters when sequenced in our genetic code form complementary base pairs.
ATCG (Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine)