Genetic Engineering
Slight differences that occur within a species
What is variation?
2 ways scientists have improved crops
What are more vitamins, higher yields, better taste?
Restriction enzymes
What are "little scissors" used to cut DNA into fragments?
Disorder that affects blood clotting
What is hemophilia?
Packages of genes
What are chromosomes?
Organisms with desirable traits are bred together
What is selective breeding?
Crops that have been changed genetically to improve them.
What are Generically Modified Crops (GM crops)
Circular DNA found in bacteria
What are plasmids?
Pattern of inheritance for hemophilia
What is a recessive disorder?
Nitrogen bases found in DNA nucleotides
What are A,T,G,C?
Enzymes used to cut DNA
What are Restriction Enzymes?
Vitamin added to rice to make it healthier
What is Vitamin A?
The process of making an identical copy of a plant or animal.
What is cloning
Disorder that causes excess mucus to build up in the lungs.
What is cystic fibrosis?
Process used to create mRNA from DNA
What is transcription?
Benefit of genetic engineering
What is curing genetic disorders, improve crops, solve crimes?
Genetic engineering can turn off genes to prevent fruit from doing this
What is turning brown?
Characteristic of living things that allows genetic engineering and gene therapy
What is universal code of DNA?
A virus used to deliver genes during gene therapy.
What is a vector?
To predict what genes would show in offspring, scientists would use this diagram.
What is a Punnett Square?