Genetic Engineering Flashcards

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It utilizes biological systems, living organisms or parts of this to develop or create different products

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Biotechnology

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A technique scientist use to make exact genetic copies of living things.

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Cloning

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-Basic unit of heredity
-passed from parent to child
-made up of sequence of DNA and are arranged at specific locations of chromosomes in the nucleus of the cell.

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Genes

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-A plant, animal, microorganisms, or other organism whose genetic makeup has been modified in a laboratory using genetic engineering.
-This CREATES COMBINATIONS of plant, animals, bacterial, and virus genes that do not occur in nature or through traditional cross breeding

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Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)

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TRADITIONAL type of Genetic Engineering

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Classical Breeding

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It involves the use of molecular techniques to modify (change) the traits of a target organisms

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Genetic Engineering

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It is the modern technique of genetic engineering

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Recombinant DNA technology (rDNA)

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