Gel Electrophoresis
Charge of DNA
What is negatively charged?
Main purpose of PCR
What is amplifying a specific sequence of DNA?
Purpose of genetic engineering
What is modifying an organism's DNA?
Suspect's blood that matches the blood found at the crime scene
Who is suspect 3?
Causes DNA to move through the gel
What is an electrical current?
Natural cellular process that PCR is based on
What is DNA replication?
Organism that can be genetically modified to produce insulin or human growth hormone
What is bacteria?
Suspect's blood that matches the blood sample
Who is Mike?
Fragments/strands of DNA that move the furthest in the gel
What are short fragments/strands of DNA?
Product of thirty cycles of PCR
What is billions of copies of specific DNA fragment?
One benefit of genetic engineering in agriculture
What is larger crops, enhanced nutritional content, or resistance to pests/disease?
Father of the baby
Who is Father A?
Two uses of gel electrophoresis
What is determining evolutionary relatedness, medical diagnostics, forensics, and paternity tests?
Enzyme that creates new DNA strands in PCR
What is Taq polymerase?
Modifying an individual human's DNA sequence as a way to cure genetic diseases
What is gene therapy?
Father of the child
Who is Dad 3?
Area DNA samples are loaded into the gel
What are wells?
Allows PCR to target a specific DNA sequence
What is a primer?
Father of the child
Who is Father 3?