Biotech
This is the name for using living things, like plants or bacteria, to make useful stuff like medicine or food.
Biotechnology
Where do you get your genes from?
Your parents
What is a dominant trait?
A 'strong' trait that overrides the recessive; it gets expressed.
What's a mutation?
This green pigment helps plants make food using sunlight.
Chlorophyll
This is when scientists change an organism’s genes to give it new abilities, like making a plant stronger.
Genetic Engineering
What is a DNA?
The genetic make-up of your body
Heterozygous dominant
What's a point mutation?
ONE change in codon
These tiny building blocks make up all living things.
Cells
This is a plant or animal whose genes have been changed by scientists, like corn that grows bigger.
GMO
Adenine binds with ___ ?
Thymine
Draw a pedigree square of DD dd and Dd Dd on the board
DD dd
Dd DD Dd
Dd DD Dd
What's a type of mutation that causes no harm or effect at all?
Neutral Mutation
This system in your body fights off germs and keeps you healthy.
Immune System
This tool acts like tiny scissors to cut and edit genes in living things.
CRISPER - Cas 9
Strand 1: ATCGCGTCGATCGA
Strand 2: ?
TAGCGCAGCTAGCT
Can there ever be a heterozygous recessive?
Give 3 reasons why mutation matters.
Evolution / Variation / Future diagnosis / Research etc.
This type of animal, like a frog, can live both in water and on land.
Amphibian
This little protein helper that guides the gene-editing tool where to cut DNA, like giving it a map.
gRNA
What does DNA stand for?
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Give 5 examples of dominant and recessive traits.
Dimple / Hitchhiker's Thumb / Widow's Peak / Tongue Rolling / Attached Earloabes etc.
What are 2 external factors that could trigger mutations to occur?
This process lets plants turn sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into sugar.
Photosynthesis