Chapter 9 Biotechnology

Question 1

the use of microorganisms to make practical products

Answer 1

biotechnology

Question 2

eliminate undesirable phenotype traits
combine beneficial traits
create organisms that synthesize products that humans need

Answer 2

3 main goals of biotechnology

Question 3

mutagens
reverse transcription
synthetic nucleic acids
restriction enzymes
are a variety of physical agents that manipulate genes and genomes. are apart of?

Answer 3

The “Toolbox”

Question 4

GMO stands for?

Answer 4

Genetically modified organism

Question 5

culture a naturally occuring microbe that produces desired product

Answer 5

selection

Question 6

______ cause cause mutations that might result in a microbe with a desirable trait

Answer 6

mutagen

Question 7

change a specific DNA code to change a protein

Answer 7

site-directed mutagenesis

Question 8

cut specific sequences of DNA, destroy bacteriophage DNA, and cannot digest DNA that is methylated

Answer 8

restriction enzymes

Question 9

carry new DNA to desired cell

Plasmids and viruses can be used as ____

Answer 9

vectors

Question 10

________ is used to make multiple copies of DNA enzymatically

Answer 10

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

Question 11

______ is made from mRNA by reverse transcriptase

Answer 11

Complementary DNA (cDNA)