Biotechnology

This area of study involves examining moral issues emerging from advances in biology and medicine.

• Biomedical Science

• Biomedical Imaging

• Genetic Engineering

• Bioethics

This term describes a cell that has yet to develop into a particular cell type (e.g. skin cell, nerve cell).

• Undocumented

• Undifferentiated

• Unrelated

• Gamete

A technique scientists use to make exact genetic copies of living things.

• Cloning

• Gene therapy

• Genetic engineering

• All of the above

These type of organisms contain foreign DNA that has been introduced using biotechnology.

• Transgenic

• Transgender

• Diploid

• Haploid

A photographic copy of DNA bands that have been cut into fragments using restriction enzymes.

• Pedigree

• Karyotype

• DNA Fingerprint

• All of the above

These are produced when a restriction enzyme cuts at one end of a DNA sequence, between two bases on the same strand, then cuts on the opposite end of the complementary strand.

• Sticky ends

• Restriction ends

• Restriction fragments

• All of the above

This process produces a DNA Fingerprint.

• Gene therapy

• Genetic engineering

• Gel electrophoresis

• All of the above

A fragment of a DNA sequence that codes for the production of a specific protein.

• Gene

• Codon

• Anticodon

• Amino acid

A cell with the unique ability to develop into specialised cell types in the body. In the future they may be used to replace cells and tissues that have been damaged or lost due to disease.

• Gamete

• Germ cell

• Stem cell

• Stomata

A protein that recognizes a specific, short nucleotide sequence and cuts the DNA only at that specific site.

• DNA ligase

• DNA polymerase

• Restriction enzyme

• Restriction fragment