Module 12 1,2

Question 1

Genetic engineering

Answer 1

a process that uses laboratory-based technologies to alter the DNA makeup of an organism

Question 2

Genome

Answer 2

the complete set of genes or genetic material present in a cell or organism

Question 3

Recombinant DNA

Answer 3

Recombinant DNA technology involves using enzymes and various laboratory techniques to manipulate and isolate DNA segments of interest

Question 4

Transgenic organism

Answer 4

an organism or cell whose genome has been altered by the introduction of one or more foreign DNA sequences from another species by artificial means

Question 5

Plasmid

Answer 5

a genetic structure in a cell that can replicate independently of the chromosomes

Question 6

Genomics

Answer 6

the branch of molecular biology concerned with the structure, function, evolution, and mapping of genomes

Question 7

DNA typing

Answer 7

laboratory procedure that detects normal variations in a sample of DNA

Question 8

DNA microarray

Answer 8

tool used to determine whether the DNA from a particular individual contains a mutation in genes

Question 9

Proteomics

Answer 9

identify and monitor biomarkers by analyzing the proteins in the body

Question 10

Pharmacogenomics

Answer 10

looks at how your DNA affects the way you respond to drugs