GMOs Flashcards
1
Q
What are transgenic plants?
A
Plants with one or two genes from a different species permanently added to their genomes
2
Q
What are the steps to making a transgenic species?
A
- Make the transgene
- Inject the transgene into a zygote
- DNA repair enzymes will randomly put the transgene into a chromosome
3
Q
Why make transgenic E.coli?
A
Well studied
Easy to manipulate
Easy to grow
4
Q
Where is the transgene?
A
In the bacterial chromosome
