Vocabulary
The Human Genome Project
Genetic Engineering
100
Manipulating genes for practical purposes.
What is "Genetic Engineering?"
100
the year the HGP ended
What is 2001?
100
they isolated the gene that codes for ribosomal RNA from the DNA of an African clawed frog then inserted it into the DNA of E. Coli
What is "Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer?"
200
DNA made from two or more different orgaisms.
What is "Recombinant DNA?"
200
the percent of the human genome that DOES code for proteins
What is "1 to 1.5 percent?"
300
solution containing all or part of a harmless version of a pathogen
What is a "Vaccine?"
300
number of genes per human cell
What is "30,000 to 40,000?"
400
animals that have foreign DNA in their cells
What are "Transgenic Animals?"
400
number of unique human mRNA
What is "over 120,000?"
500
pattern of dark bands on photographic film that is made when an individual's DNA restriction fragments are separated by gel electrophoresis , probed, and exposedto an X-ray film
What is a "DNA Fingerprint?"
500
number of base pairs that make up the human geonome
What is "3.5 Billion?"
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