Genetic Engineering

What is a transgenic organism?

• organism that have altered genomes

• a genetically identical organism

• changing of an organism

• organism that cuts DNA

What are three benefits of genetic engineering?

• more nutritious, protects plants, better appearance

• less expensive, insect resistant, double or triple chromosomes

• less expensive, more nutritious, better appearance

• insect resistance, protects plants, triple chromosomes

Why is inbreeding bad?

• harmful recessive genes more likely to show up

• double or triple chromosomes

• allergenicity

What is Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)?

• process that makes lots of copies of DNA

• cuts DNA in certain places

• process used to separate DNA into fragments

• joining two end of DNA

What was the goals of the Human Genome Project?

• convict criminals or free innocent suspects

• make genetically identical organisms

• to improve tools for DNA analysis

• determine the complete sequence of nucleotide base pairs that make up human DNA and all the genes it contains

What is Gene Therapy?

• sequence of nucleotide base pairs

• changing a gene to treat a medical disorder or disease

• cut a small sample of human DNA into fragments

• ends of cut in DNA that have overhanging pieces of single-stranded DNA

Recombinant-DNA technology can improve human health by producing proteins to prolong or save a life

• True

• False

What is a clone?

• genetically unidentical organism

• genetically identical organism

What does a restriction enzyme?

• makes lots of copies of DNA

• joining two end of DNA

• separate DNA into fragments

• cuts DNA in certain places

What is Genetic Engineering?

• organism that have altered genomes

• altering the genetic makeup of an organism by changing the DNA

• using organisms in industry