Vocab
What does "bio" mean?
Life
The earliest method of livestock improvement was probably by...
selection
Where can you find DNA
In every cell in an organism
Who is credited with providing the foundation for the study of genetics/heredity?
Gregor Mendel
Who is your favorite Ag teacher?
Miss Kuenzi
What is the vocab word for two organisms that have the exact same DNA?
Clone
What is an example of fermented food?
answers may vary
What are Genes?
determine characteristics of living things
is the genotype Tt heterozygous or homozygous?
Heterozygous
what animal did Miss Kuenzi show in FFA?
What is the process of finding and recording the location genes?
Gene mapping
What is Bovine Somatotropin (BST)?
Hormone that increases milk production in cows
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic acid
assuming completed dominance, if T represented a tall pea plant and t represented a short pea plant, what would the height of a plant with the genotype Tt be?
What was the most interesting thing you learned in the Biotechnology unit?
answers may vary
What is another word for offspring?
Progeny
Describe one way scientists could obtain disease resistant plants?
selective breeding, gene splicing/genetic engineering
What animal was the first successful cloning project done on?
Sheep
we use a _____________ to show parental combinations and predict offspring genetics.
Punnett Square
What year did Miss Kuenzi graduate High school?
2017
What is Gene Splicing?
the process of removing particular DNA segments and inserting new genes into a DNA sequence
What is ice-minus?
contains genetically altered bacteria designed to restart frost formation on plant leaves
What is DNA composed of?
Possible answers: DNA strand & Bases or protein building blocks
If one parent has the genotype TT and the other parent's genotype is tt, what will the genotype of the offspring be?
Tt
Describe an ethical concern or viewpoint about biotechnology
answers may vary