Set: Mr R's Biology Chapter 22

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biotechnologythe use of organisms or their produicts to improve human health and food production
selective breedingthe process of selecting only those individuals with desired characteristics to reproduce and thus pass on their desirable traits onto the next generation
hybridizationcrossing dis-similiar individuals to produce an offsprings that has the best traits of both parents
plasmida single ring of DNA present in bacterial cells
transgenic organismsorganisms that carry foreign genes that have been deliberately inserted into their biomes
cloninga method of producing genetically indentical individuals from a single cell
cell culturea process by which scientist can grow specialized cells in the laboratory
stem cellscells that are not specialized and can grow into a wide variety of cells
gel electrophoresisa technique used to compare the DNA of different organisms
DNA fingerprintimage formed when DNA fragments are separated according to size throught gel electrophoresis

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Creator nrowland
Created November 4, 2008
Group Mr R's Biology
Subject genetic engineering
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  1. transgenic organisms organisms that carry foreign genes that have been deliberately inserted into their biomes - 4 misses
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  3. selective breeding the process of selecting only those individuals with desired characteristics to reproduce and thus pass on their desirable traits onto the next generation - 2 misses
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