Revision For Genetic Engineering Flashcards

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What is a gene?

A

Piece of DNA carrying instructions for building a protein

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What can scientist do with a gene?

A

Transfer it to one organism from anothet

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What can this organism now do?

A

Produce a protein that it couldn’t make before

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4
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What is genetic engineering?

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Cutting a gene out of an organism and pasting it into another so it can make a protein that it couldn’t make before

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