Biotechnology
Helps scientist produce products or organisms with desirable traits
What is Genetic Engineering
Altering an organisms genes to get new proteins (Traits)
GMOs
Where are proteins made
Ribosome
Technique used to compare DNA from two or more organisms
Gel Electrophoresis
Give me an example of a dominant homozygous trait using any letter
JJ
The process of selecting organisms with desired traits to pass down to the next generation.
What is Selective breeding?
Example of genetic engineering with goats
Goats take the silk producing gene from spiders to produce silk in their milk and this is then used for bullet proof apparel such as jackets and backpacks.
Which comes first, transcription or translation and explain what it is.
Transcription (DNA to RNA)
What are the 3 reasons in real life we may use Gel electrophoresis?
To determine who the father is
To solve a crime
How closely species are related.
An error or mistake in the DNA
Mutation
Making fruit bigger or tastier
What is artificial selection?
What is the number one concern with genetically engineering organisms such as fruits and vegetables?
This term describes an organism's observable traits, such as eye color or height.
What is a phenotype
What type of charge does DNA have
Negative
The base pairing for DNA to RNA
G-C
C-G
A-U
T-A
What we call the molecules that cut DNA at specific sequences?
Restriction Enzymes
How is Genetic engineering used in the medical field (think diabetes)
To help people with insulin production
This disorder is the result of a single mutation in the hemoglobin gene, leading to abnormally shaped red blood cells.
What is sickle cell anemia
Which type of DNA fragments will move the furthest down the gel?
smallest pieces
Carries genetic information from the nucleus to the ribosome
mRNA
This is creating an exact copy using asexual reproduction.
What is Cloning
What animals was brought back with genetic engineering and how did they do it?
They brought back the dire wolf and took the genes from ancient bones and combined them with the gray wolf genes.
Explain the process of making a protein, step by step.
DNA - RNA - Protein
How would you determine if the DNA from a crime scene is a match for a missing persons?? Explain what you would expect to see on the gel
The DNA bands would all line up at the same amounts
t = straight hair
What is the percent chance of that the following two people would have a child with curly hair?
TT x tt
100%