The process by which desired traits of plants and animals are selected and passed on to their future generations.
What is selective breeding.
100
The process by which plants are bred to produce larger fruits and a longer growing time is called _________.
What is selective breeding.
100
In the process of genetic engineering, scientists use ____________ enzymes.
What is restriction.
100
In _________ engineering, scientists use restriction enzymes.
What is genetic.
100
True or False: DNA fingerprinting can be used for determining the eye color of a baby.
What is FALSE.
200
Breeding an organism that has the unknown genotype with one that is homozygous recessive is a ________.
What is test cross.
200
The term used to describe the complete genetic information of a cell or organism.
What is genome
200
A Liger is an example of a ______________.
What is hybrid.
200
________ ends result from a restriction enzymes cutting strait across both strands.
What is blunt ends
200
The process in which two closely related organisms are bred to have the desired traits and to eliminate the undesired ones in future generations.
What is inbreeding.
300
Long stretches of DNA fragments that are unique to each person is used for identification. This concept is called ___________.
What is DNA fingerprinting.
300
These enzymes are extracted from bacteria cells and are used to cut DNA in a specific sequence.
What is restriction enzymes.
300
A cat that has a glowing face is an example of a _________________ organism.
What is transgenic.
300
When determining the relationship between two individuals, such as paternity, a scientist could use ______________. Parents and children will have many bands in common.
What is gel electrophoresis.
300
_________ ends contain single-stranded DNA that is complementary. (Hint: the strands are not cut straight across)
What is sticky ends.
400
Crossing parent organism with different forms of a trait to produce offspring with a specific traits.
What is Hybridization.
400
_____ % of all nucleotide base sequences in humans are exactly the same.
What is 99%
400
Fragments of DNA are sequenced through the process of ____________________.
What is gel electrophoresis.
400
A technique aimed at correcting mutated genes that cause human disease.
What is gene therapy.
400
The purpose of producing a line by inbreeding is to eliminate _____________ traits.
What is recessive.
500
Can be used to make millions of copies of a specific region of a DNA fragment.
What is Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
500
The Human Genome Project determined the sequence of approximately ____________ nucleotides that make up human DNA and identify all human genes.
What is 3 billion.
500
A genetically engineered organism that contains a gene from another organism is called a ___________.
What is transgenic organism.
500
The regions of DNA that are unique to each individual are the ____________ .
What is non-coding regions.
500
Cloning Dolly the sheep was a break through because she was the first __________ to be cloned.