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Chapter 19 - Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology Flashcards

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What are the 4 key innovations in molecular genetics?

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Recombinant DNA technology

Polymerase chain reaction

DNA sequencing

Genome editing systems

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What are the 6 challenges with working at the molecular level?

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Genes are minute

Small physical quantities

Stability of molecules

Complexity of genome (introns, etc.)

Single cell has millions of genes

Nucleotides can’t be seen

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What is recombinant DNA technology?

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AKA: genetic engineering

Take a segment of DNA and transfer it to another cell to study it

Allows us to locate, isolate, alter, combine, and study DNA fragments/genes

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What does recombinant mean?

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Taking DNA from two sources and putting them together

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What are restriction enzymes and what is their role in recombinant DNA technology?

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What are the 3 parts of recombinant DNA technology?

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Restriction enzymes - isolate DNA sequence

Visualizing DNA

Cloning vectors - DNA inserted into new source

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