Genes
An enzyme that cuts DNA at a specific point.
What is a Restriction Enzyme
Currently, it is ______________ to clone a human in the United States.
What is illegal? (also accepted: unethical)
Give an example of an STR - short tandem repeat.
What is....
accept all answers in which between 1 and 6 letters are repeated several times
DNA fragments separated on a gel are measured by this unit of length
What is bp or base pairs?
This is the most famous cloned animal.
Who is Dolly the sheep?
The process by which millions of copies of DNA can be made from one small sample.
What is PCR?
An organism with foreign DNA placed in it.
What is a transgenic organism? (also acceptable: recombinant)
Adeno-associated viruses are used as vectors for gene therapy because they are nonpathogenic, meaning this.
What is non-disease causing?
This is the term for the entirety of an organism's genetic material.
What is its genome?
An organism with an exact copy of the DNA of another organism is said to be this.
What is a clone?
Before genetic engineering, producing organisms with desired traits required this process.
What is selective breeding?
An example of recombinant DNA technology is in the creation of this protein used by people with diabetes.
What is insulin?
Most of the DNA in humans is the same, varying only by this percentage.
What is .1%
Mapping out the human genome has been particularly useful in identifying the location of _______________ genes so that they might be treated.
What is harmful or disease-causing.
An enzyme that bonds DNA back together after it’s been cut. (Hint! It bonds Okazaki fragments, too!)
What is ligase?
What is repair, replace, or remove a gene?
A virus engineered to deliver a gene to a target tissue to replace or augment a defective gene, such as a gene to correct cystic fibrosis, would be an example of...
What is gene therapy?
This is the number of functioning genes humans have.
What is 20,000?
This forensic science tool separates DNA fragments and creates a banding pattern that can be used to compare DNA evidence.
What is gel electrophoresis?
Transgenic bacteria that "eat" oil or other chemical spills would be useful for ____________________ scientists (what kind of scientist)?
What is environmental?
Gel electrophoresis works by separating fragments of DNA by their _____________ in a gel
What is size?
A vehicle for delivering a gene into a target cell is called this.
What is a vector?
When forensic scientists analyze DNA samples, they're not comparing genes, they're looking at the bases between genes - the VNTRs, which stands for this.
What is Variable Number Tandem Repeats?
These are three traits engineered into foods such as corn, soy, potatoes, apples.... etc...
What are:
longer shelf life
pesticides
herbicide resistant
virus resistant
resistant to browning
If older and more damaged DNA is used to clone, the cloned copy may exhibit signs of ___________ earlier.
What is age?