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  • Field in Biotechnology which involves molecular methods to modify a trait of a target organism
  • Process of altering the DNA of an organism to modify its trait
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Genetic Engineering

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  • Blueprint of Life

- Molecule composed of 2 polynucleotide chains that coil around each other

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DNA

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  • Sequence of DNA in a chromosome that codes specific traits

- Basic physical and functional Unit

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Gene

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-DNA contains instruction to make protein. RNA copiesit and make protein

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Central Dogma of molecular technology

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-Enzymes that join Nucleic acid and molecules together

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Ligases

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-Endonuclease that catalyze/cuts/splits double strand cleavage of DNA containing a specific sequence

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Restriction Enzymes

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-sequential time arrangement of earth’s history based on living organisms that existed back then

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Geological Time Scale

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-Larges subdivision of Geological time scale

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Eon

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-2nd largest of Geological time scale

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Era

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-Based on dominant living creature at specific time

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Period

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-Shortest of Geological time scale

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Epoch

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-Used to determine the Interval of Geological time scale

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Rocks and Fossils

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  • Named after Hades
  • 4.54 billion years ago
  • Earth was subjected to billion of years of violent Bombardment known as Late Heavy Bombardment
  • No rocks
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Hadean

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  • 3.8 billion years ago
  • Earth rock cooled and continental plates started to form
  • 300 million years, magnetic field started to form
  • fossils like stromatolites are found
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Archean

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  • 2 billion years ago(Longest time period)
  • Greek for earlier life
  • first known glacier occurred
  • 4 glaciation events happened
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Proterozoic

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  • Current Eon
  • 545 million years
  • Subdivided into 3 eras
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Phonerozoic

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Aka as ancient life, old life, age of invertebrates

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Paleozoic

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Age of reptiles (dinosaurs)

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Mesozoic

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Age of Mammals

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Cenozoic

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-Naturally preserved remains or traces of a once living organism

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Fossil

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Change in gene frequency because of chance process

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Natural selection

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Male/Female species prefer to interbreed with pre determined characteristics

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Non- Random Mating

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Mechanism of evolution, change in DNA because of radiation or copying errors

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Mutation

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Related organism that is able to interbreed with one another and produce a fertile off spring

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Species

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Process of making a new species

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Speciation

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Passing of traits from parent to offspring, change of heritable traits through generation.

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Descent with modification

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Group of organism that share a common ancestor

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Common ancestry

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Selective breeding to produce offspring that has desirable and heritable traits

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Selective breeding

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Prevent species to interbreed to other species or produce a new off spring

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Reproductive Isolation Mechanism

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Mechanism for species to undergo speciation

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Mode of speciation

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Major evolutionary change over time (different ancestral trait)

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MacroEvolution

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Change happen within a group (common ancestral Trait)

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Micro Evolution

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Allelic drift, Sewel wright effect

Change in frequency of an existing gene variant due to random sampling of an organism

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Genetic Drift

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Collection of different breeds within an interbreeding population

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Gene Pool

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Proposed by George Cuvier

Regular occurrence of meteorological of geological disturbance

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Catastrophism

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Competition for resources in order to survive

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Struggle for existence

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