Structure of DNA
the four different bases
What are A, T, G, & C ?
The development of four different varieties of vegetable plants from wild mustard
What is selective breeding?
Name one example of a human disease or disorder that can be treated with genetic engineering.
Diabetes (production of insulin), Hormone replacement therapy, etc.
this is the definition of cloning
What is the creation of an organism that is an exact genetic copy of another. This means that every single bit of DNA is the same between the two.
often referred to as G.M.O.s
What are genetically modified organisms (transgenic)?
this makes up the rungs of the ladder of the dna
adenine, thymine, cytosine, guanine (the bases)
The creation of insulin by combining human DNA with bacterial DNA.
What is genetic engineering?
The substance inserted into a bacterial plasmid in genetic engineering.
What is DNA?
this is the different types of cloning
What are vegetative propagation, artificial twinning, somatic nuclear transfer?
What are cotton, potato, and tobacco, corn, rice, and tomato? (plus more)
the bases that pair together for dna
What is adenine-thymine, cytosine-guanine
An example of selective breeding
What is different breeds of dogs, new types of corn from one original species, breeding cattle for better varieties of beef, etc.
A gene that codes for resistance to a weedkiller has been inserted into certain plants making them more likely to do this.
What is survive when weedkiller is applied?
this is the animals that have been cloned (earn 50 points for each correct answer)
What are sheep, goats, mice, pigs, cats, and rabbits
The device used to cut DNA and to splice DNA together.
What is a restrictive enzyme?
this makes up the nucleotide
What are the base, sugar, and phosphate?
Creating multiple exact copies of a carrot
What is cloning?
One way to produce large numbers of genetically identical offspring
What is cloning?
this is the type of cloning that can clone organs for transplants.
What is gene therapy?
these are the disadvantages of genetically modified foods
What is harming organisms in the soil, weeds growing more rapidly, possibility of negatively affecting the ecosystem, etc.
the explanation of the double helix (you may draw this)
What is a pair of parallel helices intertwined about a common axis
Solving crimes based on comparison of DNA pieces
What is gel electrophoresis?
To prevent the spread of a disease from parent to offspring, the disease would have to be fixed in these types of cells
What are the reproductive cells?
Daily Double
this is the reason why humans should not clone other humans (name at least one)
What is it could affect the mental and/or physical development, ethical reasons, etc.
these are health risks for genetically modifying foods
What is toxins, allergens, and/or genetic hazards