Define Genetics.
Science of Heredity.
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Product containing a bacteria that has been genetically altered for frost resistant on plants leaves.
Ice-minus
What chemical is used for those with diabetes?
Technologies involving life in 1 way or another.
What are the 4 DNA bases?
Adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine.
What hormone causes increased meat production in swine?
Porcine somatotropin(PST)
One of the first products made via genetic engineering.
Insulin
Genetically altered bacteria feeding on oil slicks and spills is an example of what?
Biotechnology
Define HEREDITY.
Transmission of characteristics through generations.
The pairs of bases in DNA?
Adenine and Thymine Cytosine and Guanine
Wgat does BST stand for?
Bovine somatotropin.
How you can produce products needed from plants quickly and efficiently?
Microbes
Decomposition of waste materials via microorganisms such as bacteria is an example of what?
Biotechnology
Define Selective Breeding.
Selection of parents to get desirable characteristics in offspring.
Process of finding and mapping gene locations
Gene Mapping
How can genetic engineering and forms of biotech be useful in plants?
They offer new ways for plants to resistant to pests, disease, etc.
The last step involved with insulin production and use.
Inject into patient
The process of picking the best plants and animals for producing the next generation.
Improvement by Selection
The process of removing particular DNA segments and replacing them.
Gene Splicing
How did plants get genetically altered to deal with the potato beetle?
The leaves now produce a chemical that is toxic to them.
Why are genetic engineering jobs so readily available?
It is a newer field of science.
What does PCB stand for?
polychlorinated biphenyl