Vocabulary
Genetic Engineering
Selective Breeding
Fair Game
Just for Fun
100
These cut the DNA at specific locations ("snip-snip")
What are restriction enzymes?
100
In 1973, Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer inserted a gene from an African clawed frog into a bacterium. The bacterium then began producing a protein directed by the code found on the inserted frog gene.
Additional copies of the bacterium containing the frog gene could be produced by what
What is asexual reproduction/ cloning?
100
Another name for selective breeding
What is artificial selection?
100
The three steps in making a transgenic organism
Isolate DNA, attach DNA to plasmid, transfer plasmid to desired organism
100
Gel electrophoresis uses
What is identifying relationships or solving a crime?
200
Selective breeding is used to pass on ______________ to offspring.
What are desirable traits?
200
This laboratory procedure has made the development of bacteria that can synthesize human insulin possible
What is genetic engineering?
200
Give one example of selective breeding
200
Type of end caused by restriction enzyme's cut
What is sticky end?
200
The human genome project was developed in order to
What is identifying the genetic sequence?
300
The process by which desired traits are selected and passed on to future generations
What is selective breeding?
300
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What is recombinant DNA?
300
The process used to pass on desirable traits to the next generation
What is selective breeding?
300
The banding pattern in gel electrophoresis is caused by
What is DNA fragments of different lengths?
300
Benefits of Human Genome Project include
400
A DNA molecule containing DNA fragments from different species is called
What is recombinant DNA?
400
This acts like the "glue" to combine the DNA fragments together.
What is ligase?
400
The name for an organism that has been genetically modified
What is a transgenic organism?
400
Who is Dolly?
What is the first cloned mammal?
400
Circular DNA found in bacteria and genetically engineered.
What is a plasmid?
500
The shape and structure of a DNA molecule
What is a double helix?
500
The next stop after you identify the gene of interest.
What is remove the gene?
500
This is defines as the mating closely related individuals to produce purebreds
What is inbreeding?
500
The method used to clone DNA in a laboratory setting.
What is PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction)?
500
The child's father is
Who is dad 2?