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Vocab
100
A vineyard of seedless grapes would be..
What is artificial clones?
100
DNA that has been formed by placing two pieces of DNA from different sources together.
What is recombinant DNA?
100
Name one purpose of DNA fingerprinting.
What is diagnosing human genetic disorders or in solving crimes?
100
Name one crop that is often genetically modified.
What is corn or soy?
100
The manipulation of chromosomes or genes by artificial means.
What is genetic engineering?
200
Human brother and sister clones are an example of...
What are fraternal twins, NOT clones?
200
A plasmid serves as an important _________ in genetic engineering.
What is a vector?
200
Just after fertilization, a single-celled zygote would be described as ____potent.
What is pluripotent?
200
Type of stem cell being used to treat diseases such as Parkinson disease and some types of cancer.
What is somatic stem cell?
200
The complete genetic code of an organism.
What is genome?
300
The way in which a field of artificially cloned sweet potatoes would be reproduced.
What is asexual reproduction?
300
The important body chemical that has been mass-produced with the help of genetic engineering.
What is insulin?
300
The primary activity or goal of the Human Genome Project.
What is sequencing?
300
Obtained from differentiated body tissue of adults or children.
What are somatic stem cells?
300
The use of technology to enhance living organisms and processes.
What is biotechnology?
400
A group of organisms with identical genetic makeup.
What is a clone?
400
The agent that is used to carry a new gene from one organism to another during genetic engineering.
What is a vector?
400
A small, circular piece of bacterial DNA.
What is a plasmid?
400
Cells that can divide to differentiate into specialized cells.
What are stem cells?
400
Contains genes from more than one organism.
What is a transgenic organism?
500
Name one non-plant that can clone itself naturally.
What is jellyfish or worms?
500
Name one potential problem with gene therapy.
What is it is of short duration, viral vectors could lead to infection, or some diseases are caused by multiple gene interactions?
500
Snips DNA at specific base sequences.
What is restriction enzyme?
500
Essay Alert: Explain the moral and medical advantages of using somatic stem cells rather than embryonic stem cells.
What is somatic stem cells can be obtained without the destruction of human life; somatic stem cells seem to be easier to grow than embryonic stem cells; somatic stem cells are easier to differentiate than embryonic stem cells; somatic stem cells eliminate the process of rejection because they come from the patient's own body.
500
The technique that makes millions of copies of DNA in a short time.
What is polymerase chain reaction?