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Chapter 1 Flashcards

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Biotechnology

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Set of techniques by which living creatures are altered for the benefit of humans and other animals

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Bioproducts

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Manufactured products using renewable ag resources

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Products of Modern Biotechnology

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Clotting factor, growth hormone, sinsulin, interferons, interleukins, monoclonal antibodies, tissue plasminogen activator

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Biopharming

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Synthesis of high-value-added human therapeutic proteins or other proteins in plants and animals using transgenic technologies

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Transgenic animal

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An animal which is altered by the introduction of recombination DNA through human intervention
Can be hertiable germ-line DNA alteration, or non-heritable somatic cell alterations

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Uses of transgenic animals

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Information (disease models and basic research)
production traits
disease resistance
therapeutic and industrial proteins
therapeutic and industrial proteins
xenotransplants
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Production traits

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Wool
Growth/production efficiency
Disease resistance Therapeutic and Industrial Proteins

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