FT Topic 3: GMOs and Gene Therapy Flashcards
Considered as the basic unit of inheritance
GENE
Segment of DNA strand that may or may not code for specific proteins which have different functions within the body
GENE
ALL of the genetic materials contained in the chromosome of an organism
GENOME
Artificial manipulation and alteration of a species’ genetic material in a laboratory
GENETIC ENGINEERING
involves the group of techniques used to cut up and join together genetic material, esp. DNA from different biological species, and to introduce the resulting hybrid DNA into an organism to form new combinations of heritable genetic material.
recombinant DNA technology
Usually associated with recombinant DNA technology
GENETIC ENGINEERING
Produces genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
GENETIC ENGINEERING
Plant, animal, bacteria, and virus genes may be combined or crossbred to produce another kind of species that do not naturally occur in the environment
GENETICALL MODIFIED ORGANISMS (GMOs)
A cow genetically modified to produce human-like milk
Rosita Isa
contain an extra gene that interrupts the transmission of avian flu
GM chickens
Designed by US company AquaBounty to be sold to consumers. It is engineered to reach market size in 18 months
GM salmon
discovery of DNA by ____________ opened possibilities of genetic engineering
James Watson and Francis Crick
When was the discovery of DNA?
1935
first to genetically modify an organism
Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen
What was the first genetically modifed organism?
genes of two different E. coli were combined