U9 Biotechnology Vocabulary

Unique sequence of DNA base pairs that can be used to identify a person at the molecular level

• DNA fingerprint

• recombinant DNA

• gene therapy

• bioremediation

DNA that has been formed artificially by combining pieces from different organisms.

• gene therapy

• recombinant DNA

• DNA fingerprint

• bioremediation

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

• gene therapy

• genetic modification

• DNA fingerprint

• biotechnology

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a technology that changes the genetic material of a living organism

• genetic modification

• gene therapy

• human genome project

• recombinant DNA

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the complete instructions for making an organism, consisting of all the genetic material in that organism's chromosomes

• genome

• cloning

• gene therapy

• biotechnology

A form of technology that uses living organisms, usually genes, to modify products, to make or modify plants and animals, or to develop other microorganisms for specific purposes.

• bioremediation

• recombinant DNA

• biotechnology

• gene therapy

related to microbes

• microbial

• bioremediation

• biotechnology

• cloning

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organism that is genetically engineered by inserting a gene from another organism

• genetically modified organism

• transgenic organism

• recombinant DNA

• human genome project

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The use of organisms to detoxify and restore polluted and degraded ecosystems.

• recombinant DNA

• DNA fingerprint

• bioremediation

• biotechnology

an organism produced by copying genes from a species with a desirable trait and inserting them into another species (GMO)

• gene therapy

• genetic modification

• transgenic organism

• genetically modified organism

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