Vocabulary
What is the donor bacteria of the crystal bt-gene?
Bacillus thuringensis?
What is the relatively new DNA Technology isolated from bacteria that cuts specific points in DNA?
CRISPR CAS-9
These are anatomical structures that are no longer useful for a present organism but has been an adaptation of the ancestor organisms.
vestigial structures
Who is the Father of Genetics (Full Name)?
Gregor Mendel
What is the scientific name of golden rice?
Oryza sativa
What tool is used to make millions of copies of DNA without repeated isolation (do not abbreviate)?
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Evolution is not linear, instead it creates a ____ pattern.
branching or tree-like
AUG
Codons are made up of how many base pairs?
three
What is the donor organism of the bio-florescent gene? Provide the scientific name.
Aequorea victoria
Gene Gun
What is the scientific name of the canine animal heavily influenced due to selective breeding?
Canis lupus
Replication
Transcription
Translation
Aside from the term GMO, this term refers to an organism that contains Genes from another organism
What is Transgenic
What is the donor organism of the gene that produces the beta carotene in Golden Rice? Provide the scientific name.
Zea mays
Restriction Enzymes or Endonucleases
This is an evolutionary process in which organisms rapidly diversify from a common ancestor into a variety of new forms.
Adaptive Radiation
What is the bonds present in the sugar phosphate backbone of DNA?
What do you call the process of stopping the expression of specific harmful genes?
deletion or silencing
Escherechia coli
Give the full scientific name of the organism used for transferring recombinant genes in plants.
Agrobacterium tumefaciens
microevolution
What are the two purine base pairs?
Adenine and Guanine