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skin, nerve, muscle, and gland cells are examples of this kind of cell (not somatic this time)
What are differentiated cells?
100
human disorder that affects pigments
What is albinism?
100
this is divided in the first step of cloning
What is a zygote?
100
different traits are a result of this
What is a chromosomal change
100
a human disorder that is usually dominant
What is malignant hyperthermia?
200
biotechnology
What science uses living organisms to make new, desirable organisms or products?
200
a change in the sequence of bases that makes up a gene
What is a gene mutation?
200
somatic mutation
What is a mutation that occurs in a body cell?
200
this isolates genes and transfers them to another place
What is genetic engineering?
200
May be passed on to offspring
What is a germ mutation?
300
these are the two types of stem cells
What are embryonic stem cells and somatic stem cells?
300
This can 1) produce vaccines, 2) create human diseases in animals, 3) produce genetically modified food
What is genetic engineering?
300
a group of genetically identical organisms
What are clones?
300
a complete set of an organism's genes
What is a genome?
300
ploidy
What is the number of sets of chromosomes?
400
these stem cells are not differentiated yet
What are embryonic stem cells?
400
this results by choosing the best traits to continue
What is selective breeding?
400
the use of genetic engineering to correct defective genes to heal diseases
What is gene therapy?
400
this project is trying to identify all the genes and match them to every trait
What is the Human Genome Project?
400
this type of cloning is used for medical research
What is therapeutic cloning?
500
2 types of stem cells
What are embryonic stem cells and somatic stem cells?
500
when close relatives have babies
What is inbreeding?
500
these are two types of human cloning
What are reproductive cloning and therapeutic cloning?
500
this results in different varieties with desirable traits
What is cross breeding?
500
a human disorder that affects the mucus system of the body
What is cystic fibrosis?