What could scientists do to get different colored mice?
What is Selective breeding or Artificial selection
The entire set of genetic information in which an organism carries its DNA.
What is Genome
Has artificial selection always been conducted in labs? Yes/No
No, before it was breeding organisms for a desired trait.
Cloning can be used to help in crime cases? T/F
What is True
Scientists combine DNA from different sources in a process called ____.
What is Recombinant DNA
Scientists hope to cure genetic disorders by changing genes to treat the disease through a process called _____.
What is Gene Therapy
The chart that depicts the presence or absence of a trait according to several generations of the family.
What is Pedigree
What is an error in meiosis when the homologous chromosomes do not separate correctly?
What is Nondisjunction
If a sample doesn't contain enough DNA to be analyzed, the technique called _____ will make multiple copies of specific DNA sequences.
What is Polymerase Chain Reaction
What type organism contains genes from other species?
What is Transgenic
What is used by scientists to distinguish bacteria that carries the plasmid from those that do not?
What is Genetic Marker
What analyzes sections of DNA for use in identifying individuals?
What is DNA fingerprinting
The process used to separate and analyze DNA fragments using DNA, a porous gel, and electricity.
What is Gel Electrophoresis
How might a scientist clone a species of fish?
What is Copy segments of DNA
What is the technology that scientists use to study hundreds or thousands of genes at once in order to understand their activity levels?
What is DNA microarray
Dogs used to be wolves, however over time they were tamed and bred in certain ways to help humans. How was this done? Artificial Selection, Genetic Engineering, or cloning.
What is Artificial Selection
The process in which chemical markers are passed from one generation to the next.
What is Genomic Imprinting