3.3 Flashcards

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Vegetative propagation

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Taking a cutting of a plant and allowing it to root and produce another plant

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Grafting

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The act of attaching the roots of one plant to the shoots of another similar but more desirable species
Produces trees that all near the same type of apple

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3
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Reproductive cloning

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Involves the transfer of a nucleus from a donor body cell into an egg cell that has no nucleus

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4
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Gene cloning

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The transfer of a gene into bacteria so that the gene can be reproduced multiple times

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5
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Therapeutic cloning

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Similar to reproductive cloning but the purpose is to harvest embryonic stem cells from a developing embryo

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Xenotransplantation

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The process of transplanting animal organs into humans

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7
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Artificial insemination

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Collecting sperm from a male and placing it in the reproductive system of a female

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In vitro fertilization

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Sperm and eggs are collected and placed in a test tube or Petri dish do that fertilization occurs

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Gene therapy

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Therapy in which healthy genes are inserted into cells so that cells function normally

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10
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Cloning

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Creation of a genetically identical organism that is an exact copy of a gene cell tissue or organism

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Transgenic organism

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Organism that contains genes from other species

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