Unit 8 Vocabulary

Match the following

• cuts DNA at a specific sequence of nucleotides

• Bacterial Transformation

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

• Transgenic Organism

• The separation of nucleic acids or proteins, on the basis of their size and electrical charge

• Restriction Enzyme

• the ability of bacteria to alter their genetic makeup by uptaking foreign DNA and incorporating it

• Gel Electrophoresis

• An organism whose genetic material has been altered through some genetic engineering technology

• Genetically Modified Organisms

Match the following

• Breeding technique crossing dissimilar individuals to bring together the best traits of both

• Inbreeding

• The process of selecting a few organisms with desired traits to serve as parents of the next gen

• Selective Breeding

• analysis of fragments of DNA as a form of identification

• Hybridization

• A selective breeding method in which two individuals with identical or sets of alleles are crossed

• Gene Therapy

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

• DNA Fingerprinting