Mod 6 Flashcards
using technology to alter or change an organism’s genes, adding genes to or removing genes from an existing set of DNA
Genetic engineering:
deoxyribonucleic acid; genetic information in the cells of all living things
DNA:
the process of using egg cells from an individual to produce a new organism
Cloning:
a scientific field that uses technology to purposefully change living things
Biotechnology
also called selective breeding, selecting organisms with desired traits to breed producing offspring with the desired characteristics
Artificial selection:
What are three different types of Biotechnology?
Genetic Engineering, cloning. artificial selection
A Labradoodle is a result of what type of Biotechnology?
artificial selection
a variation of a specific gene that is coded in proteins and that, when joined with another allele, determines a trait
Allele:
creation of offspring involving one parent
Asexual reproduction:
location where two sister chromatids join to create a paired chromosome
Centromere:
one of the two identical copies of DNA making up a duplicated chromosome, which are joined at a centromere
Chromatid:
strands of DNA containing multiple genes; structures containing all the genetic information needed to make new cells
Chromosomes:
a gene that will be expressed if a living thing inherits at least one dominant allele for a given trait
Dominant:
the specific genetic makeup of an individual, which cannot be observed
Genotype:
proteins that make up DNA and include adenine, thymine, cytosine, and guanine
Nucleotides:
a large oval structure that controls all of a cell’s activities
Nucleus:
any organized or specialized structure within a living cell
Organelle:
observable traits that are expressed in an organism’s physical appearance
Phenotype:
a gene that will be expressed if a living thing inherits both recessive alleles for a given trait
Recessive:
creation of offspring involving two parents
Sexual reproduction:
traits that are neither dominant nor recessive but are a combined variation of both
Codominant:
a tool used to track inherited traits from one generation to the next
Pedigree chart:
traits that are determined by more than one gene
Polygenic traits:
a tool used to predict the probability of possible phenotypes of offspring when the genotypes of the parents are known
Punnett square:
traits that are found on chromosomes that are unique to one sex; either male or female
Sex-linked traits:
: the third stage in mitosis, when the duplicated chromosomes move away from each other to opposite ends of the cell
Anaphase
occurs when DNA is copied and a cell divided to create new cells that are identical to the original
Binary fission:
creates a full set of genetically identical DNA as an attachment that later breaks off, creating a new, genetically identical organism
Budding:
the division of cytoplasm during mitosis
Cytokinesis:
new cell that results from any cellular division
Daughter cell:
a cell containing two complete sets of chromosomes, one from each parent
Diploid: