Genetic Engineering Flashcards

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It is the process of changing the DNA in living organisms to create something new

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GENETIC ENGINEERING

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It involves artificial manipulation, modification,and recombination of DNA or other nucleic acid molecules to modify an organism or population

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GENETIC ENGINEERING

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  • Artificial Selection
  • Selective Breeding
  • Hybridization
  • Inbreeding
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what are the ANCIENT PRACTICES OF G.E.

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_____ done to indirectly manipulate genes focusing on the physical traits among organisms.

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Artificial Selection

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_____ process when animals with desired characteristics are mated to produce offspring with those desired traits.

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Selective breeding (Classical Breeding)

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_____ when two individuals with unlike characteristics are crossed to produce the best in both organisms.

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Hybridizations

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_____ is an example of hybridization.

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Burbank potato (disease resistant potato)

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_____ is a technique of breeding organisms that are genetically similar to maintain desired traits found in the pure dog breeds.

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Inbreeding

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What are the steps in classical breeding?

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  1. Determine which traits are significant enough to be chosen.
  2. Select parents that exemplify these traits.
  3. Choose the best offspring from parents to produce the next generation.
  4. Repeat the process.
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what are the MODERN DAY GENETIC ENGINEERING PRACTICES?

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  • Recombinant DNA Technology
  • Cloning
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_____ mixing DNA from two different sources.

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Rombinant DNA Technology

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Recombinant DNA Technology

  • Usage of _____ to splice, connect (or ligate), and remove or add nucleotides to sequences of the DNA.
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restriction enzyme

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Recombinant DNA Technology

  • Inserting the desired gene into the genome of the host involves the selection of the _____ for administration into the host followed by a selection of the perfect _____ with which the gene has to be integrated.
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desired gene, vector

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Recombinant DNA Technology

Modification in genetic engineering may involve the ff:

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  • introduction of new traits into an organism
  • enhancement of a present trait by increasing the expression of the desired gene, or
  • enhancement of a present trait by disrupting the inhibition of the desired’ i
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