DNA Section 13

Question 0

Hybridization

Answer 0

Breeding technique that involves crossing dissimilar individuals that bring together the best traits of both organism

Question 1

Selective breeding

Answer 1

Method of improving a species by allowing only those individual organisms with desired characteristics to produce the next generation

Question 2

Inbreeding

Answer 2

Continued breeding of individuals with similar characteristics

Question 3

Polyploid

Answer 3

Having many sets of chromosomes

Question 4

Genetic engineering

Answer 4

Process of making changes in the DNA code of living organisms

Question 5

Restriction enzyme

Answer 5

Enzyme that cuts DNA at a specific sequence of nucleotides

Question 6

Gel electrophoresis

Answer 6

Procedure used to separate and analyze DNA fragments by placing a mixture of DNA fragment at one end of a porous gel and applying an electrical vote to the gel

Question 7

Recombinant DNA

Answer 7

DNA produced by combining DNA from different sources.

Question 8

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

Answer 8

Technique that allows molecular biologist to make many copies of a particular gene

Question 9

Plasmid

Answer 9

Circular DNA molecule found in bacteria

Question 10

Genetic Marker

Answer 10

Gene that makes it possible to distinguish bacteria that carry a plasmid with foreign DNA from those that don’t

Question 11

Transgenic

Answer 11

Term used to refer to an organism that contains genes from other organisms

Question 12

Clone

Answer 12

Number of a population of genetically identical organism produced from a single cell