techniques
Genetic engineering
starts with
starts with 2
miscellaneous
100
to make many copies of a DNA sample scientists use this 3 letter technique
What is PCR
100
Genetic engineering takes __________ from one organism and puts them in another one
What are genes
100
V - these little disease causing things can be used in genetic engineering to add genes to cells
What is virus
100
S - type of DNA fragments that travel the farthest in gel electrophoresis
What is short or small
100
Genetic ____________ is used to check to see if a person has or could pass on genetic diseases or other diseases
What is screening
200
This technique creates bands of DNA which are unique to each individual
What is DNA fingerprinting
200
These circular strands of bacteria DNA are used in genetic engineering
What are plasmids
200
S- first genetically modified animal to be sold for food
What is salmon
200
S- what heating DNA during the first step of PCR does to the DNA strands
What is seperate
200
Gel electrophoresis uses _____________ to seperate DNA into bands based on size
What is electricity
300
This is a 2 word process for putting genes from one organism into another
What is genetic engineering
300
These enzymes come from bacteria and can be used to cut DNA
What are restriction enzymes
300
T - term used to describe an animal that has had genes from another organism added to it
What is transgenic
300
S - type of first animal to be cloned
What is sheep
300
one way genetic engineering is commonly used is by inserting a gene into crops that make them resistant to the herbicide _____________
What is roundup
400
this process creates identical copies of an organism
What is cloning
400
the genetic code is said to be _____________ because any gene from one organism can work in another
What is universal
400
G and E - words - process by which DNA is seperated by electricity creating a DNA fingerprint
What is Gel Electrophoresis
400
P - what the P in PCR technique stands for
What is polymerase
400
naturally occuring clones are
What is identical twins
500
this process replaces defective or missing genes
What is gene therapy
500
When DNA from 2 organisms is spliced together it is called
What is recombinant DNA
500
G- study of the entire genome ( all the genes of a species )
What is genomics
500
H, G, P - project to map and learn the function of all the genes on human chromosomes
What is human genome project
500
when a restriction enzyme cuts DNA it will attach to any other DNA cut by the same restriction enzyme the DNA's ends are said to be ____________ ends
What is sticky
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