Biotechnology

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What is biotechnology?

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Biotechnology is the use of living organisms or their products to develop or create useful products, often involving genetic manipulation.

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What is a plasmid?

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A plasmid is a small, circular piece of DNA found in bacteria that can replicate independently and is often used to transfer foreign genes.

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What is genetically engineered into crop plants for better yield?

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Resistance to herbicides is often genetically engineered into crop plants to improve yield and reduce crop loss.

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What is recombinant DNA?

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Recombinant DNA is DNA that has been formed artificially by combining constituents from different organisms.

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What is bioethics?

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Bioethics is the study of the ethical issues emerging from advances in biology and medicine, particularly in biotechnology.

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How is recombinant DNA created?

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Recombinant DNA is created by cutting a gene and a plasmid with the same restriction enzyme and then inserting the gene into the plasmid.

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What is a restriction enzyme?

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A restriction enzyme is a protein that cuts DNA at specific sequences, which is essential for creating recombinant DNA.

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What is the role of ligase in biotechnology?

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Ligase is an enzyme that joins DNA fragments together, crucial for the formation of recombinant DNA.

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What is genetic engineering?

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Genetic engineering is the direct manipulation of an organism's genes using biotechnology.

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What are genetically modified organisms (GMOs)?

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GMOs are organisms whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques.