Biotechnology

A technique in which a women's egg is mixed with her husbands sperm in the lab.

• asexual reproduction

• in vitro fertilization

• artificial insemination

• sexual reproduction

The process by which the DNA of an organism is cut and a gene from another is inserted.

• DNA replication

• recombination

• gene splicing

• gene replication

A segment of DNA on a chromosome that codes for a specific trait.

• gene

• chromatid

• genome

• vector

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A project whose goal is to map, sequence, and identify all of the genes in the human genome.

• human DNA project

• human genome project

• gene sequence project

• gene mapping project

The product of technology that combines genes from different sources into a single DNA molecule.

• chromatid

• modified allele

• recombinant DNA

• hybrid

Genetically modified organism made when DNA is removed from one organism and placed within the DNA of what can be a very different organism.

• Mutant

• Recombiant RNA

• Genetic mutation

• GMO

Analysis of fragments of DNA as a form of identification.

• Electrolysis

• DNA fingerprinting

• Electrotechnology

• Biotechnology

Making a genetically identical copy of DNA or of an organism.

• recombiant DNA

• cloning

• splicing

• recombination

Procedure used to separate and analyze DNA fragments by placing a mixture of DNA fragments at one end of a porous gel and applying an electrical voltage to the gel.

• electric stimulation

• electrolysis

• electrophoresis

• biotechnology

A technique that places a gene into a cell to correct a hereditary disease or to improve the genome

• gene substitution

• gene therapy

• gene regulation

• controlled gene mutation