Genetic Engineering

Question 0

It is the continue breeding of individuals w/ simliar characteristics .

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Inbreeding

Question 1

Allowing only those animals with desired characteristics to produce the next generation, humans have produced many different breeds of dogs

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Selective breeding

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Crossing dissimilar individuals to bring together the best of both organisms.

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Hybridization

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Making changes in the DNA code of a living organism

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Genetic engineering

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Enzyme that cuts DNA at a specific sequence of nucleotides

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Restriction enzymes

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Procedure used to seperate and analyze DNA fragments

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Gel electrophoresis

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DNA produced by combining DNA from different sources.

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Recombinant DNA

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

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Polymerase chain reaction

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Circular DNA molecule found in bacteria

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Plasmid

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Gene that it possible to distinguish bacteria that carry a plasmid w foreign DNA from those that dont

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Genetic marker

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An organism that contains genes from other organisms

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Transgenic

Question 11

Member of a population of genetically identical organisms produced from a single cell

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Clone