What is Green Fluorescent Protein?

• GFP

• A protein found naturally in jellyfish

• A protein that helps scientists see when and where a specific protein is being synthesized

• A protein that rapidly and repeatedly makes copies of itself

What is the goal of Polymerase Chain Reaction?

• To rapidly make many copies of a specific gene

• To show someone's exact fingerprint ridges

• To rapidly sequence an organism's entire genome

• To cut DNA into smaller pieces

What are segments of DNA that bind with the complementary strand of DNA to prepare a place for DNA polymerase to begin working?

• Primers

• Promoters

• Ligases

• Helicases

A small, circular piece of DNA located in the cytoplasm of bacteria

• Plasmid

• Cytoplasm

• Ribosome

• Clone

Genes that are inserted so that scientists can whether or not an organism has been transformed

• Genetic markers

• Introns

• Start codons

• Vectors

An organism that contains genes from other species

• Transgenic

• Morphogenic

• Diploid

• Polyploid

An individual that is created from a single cell of an already existing adult individual

• Clone

• Metabolite

• PCR

• GFP

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DNA that contains genetic information from at least 2 sources

• Recombinant DNA

• Polyploid DNA

• Trisomy DNA

• PCR DNA

Why is DNA heated up in the first step of PCR?

• To separate its 2 strands

• To make its 2 strands bind together

• To ensure the primers will stick

• To give DNA an optimal environment to copy itself

Why are primers used in PCR?

• To get a place ready for DNA polymerase to start working

• To unzip DNA's 2 strands

• To make DNA's 2 strands bind together

• Because primers insert new nucleotides into the new DNA strands