Revision For Genetic Engineering Flashcards
1
Q
What is a gene?
A
Piece of DNA carrying instructions for building a protein
2
Q
What can scientist do with a gene?
A
Transfer it to one organism from anothet
3
Q
What can this organism now do?
A
Produce a protein that it couldn’t make before
4
Q
What is genetic engineering?
A
Cutting a gene out of an organism and pasting it into another so it can make a protein that it couldn’t make before