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  • Recombinant DNA comes from how many organisms?

2

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  • ? What is one benefit to agriculture from genetic engineering?

GM crops, produced yield, increased nutritional ouput

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  • What is proteomics?

Study of proteins

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? What was the first organism to be cloned name>

Dolly

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? What was the first organism to be cloned?

Sheep

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What is the human genome?


    1. Human Genome Project – a research effort undertaken to sequence all of our DNA and locate within it all of the functionally important sequences, such as genes
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? What is genetic engineering

Technology can modify the genome of a living cell or organism. This is called genetic engineering

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What is gene therapy?

Gene therapy is when a genetic disorder is treated by introducing a gene into a patient’s cells

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  • What is bioinformatics?
  • Combines biological science, computer science, and information technology to enable the discovery of new biological insights and unifying principles
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  • What’s a probe?
  • A probe is a strand of RNA or single – stranded DNA that is labeled with a radioactive element or fluorescent dye and that can base – pair to specific DNA
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Have we sequenced all of it? = The Human Genome

yes

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What is DNA technology

uScientists now manipulate DNA for many reasons by using technology. This is called DNA technology.

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Name one disease that has benefitted from it (choose something other than cystic fibrosis). - gene therapy

hemophilia, AIDS, and some other cancers

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  • Name the model species used for genetic studies?

uBacterium

uRoundworm

uFruit fly

uZebrafish

uMouse

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  • What’s a clone?
  • A clone is an exact copy of a DNA segment, a whole cell, or a complete organism. Also means a genetic duplicate
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If someone where to have their genome sequenced they could find good things to report and bad things to report.

yes

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  • Imagine if this information were to get leaked to employers. How could this be bad? - your genetic information

may not hire you

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  • ? What year did they discover this cystic fibrosis gene?

1989

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  • DNA fingerprints analyze between what VNTR?

5-13

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  • What is a restriction enzyme?

uTo cut long DNA molecules into shorter pieces, biologists use bacterial proteins called restriction enzymes

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What are plasmids?

  • Plasmids are small rings of DNA found naturally in some bacterial cells in addition to the main bacterial chromosome
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Name a good and bad thing they might have to report. from genetic testing

Good - treat disease before it is a problem, infant testing

bad - might find something you weren't expecting

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What gene did they discover in cystic fibrosis that has helped better this diease?

CFTR

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  • What percent of human DNA is different in each person?

0.10%

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What does VNTR stand for?

variable number tandem repeats (VNTR).