DNA Fingerprinting
Genetic Engineering
Breeding and Variation
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
100
This enzyme cuts DNA into fragments.
What is restriction enzyme?
100
Single stranded ends of double stranded DNA left on a fragment.
What are sticky ends?
100
Inbreeding
What is repeated breeding of individuals with similiar characteristics?
100
Term for DNA combined from multiple sources (usually two organisms).
What is recombinant DNA?
100
4,000
How many human genetic disorders are there (rough estimate)?
200
One in a million.
What is the chance that two individuals would have the same DNA fingerprint (other than identical twins)?
200
Ring of DNA in many bacteria, often used to clone a gene.
What is a Plasmid?
200
Breeding individual organisms with only the desired traits, with each other.
What is selective breeding?
200
Trangenic organism.
What is a host organism which has recombinant DNA?
200
To map the location of every gene on every chromosome and to determine the 3 billion nucleotide sequence.
What are the goals of the Human Genome Project?
300
Process seperating DNA fragments into bands according to their sizes and charges
What is gel electrophoresis?
300
Gene isolated from another organism, spliced into host organism's DNA.
What is a donor gene?
300
Crossing dissimiliar individuals with each other to get the best traits of both.
What is hybridization?
300
Harmless virus genetically engineered to vaccinate against Genital Herpes Virus.
What is Cowpox Virus?
300
DNA sample, DNA polymerase, nucleotides and primers.
What are needed for replicating DNA in Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)?
400
Complementary radioactive DNA segments.
What are probes?
400
Cloning vector.
What is a carrier used to clone a gene? For example a plasmid in a bacteria.
400
Inducing (causing) genetic mutations.
What is a method of increasing genetic variation?
400
Surface protein.
What is the characteristic of a vaccine or pathogen that the body recognizes and builds antibodies to?
400
PCR
What is needed to produce enough DNA from a small sample to allow DNA fingerprinting?
500
RFLP analysis
What is the whole process of seperating fragments of DNA into bands, making them visible and creating a fingerprint called.
500
Transplanting genes.
What is transferring genes to an organism to mass produce a specific protein (for example insulin).
500
Clones
What are organisms with identical genes, produced from a single cell?
500
Sometimes need to add these to host cells to cause the cloned gene to be "expressed" or turned on, to produce protein.
What are promoters?
500
Primer
What is an artificially made DNA sequence needed to start the replication in Polymerase Chain Reaction?
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