Quizlet agr. vocab

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  1. biotechnology: using science to change organisms or their environment or to get products from organisms
  2. chromosome: threadlike structure in a genome that contains genetic material and protein
  3. cloning: making two or more organisms out of one using tissue
  4. cutting: sections of plants leaves, steams, or other parts that grow into a plant, method of clonning
  5. gene: the unit of heredity on a chromosone
  6. gene mapping: process oof locating and identifying genes by trait
  7. gene splicing: joining dna from one organism with dna in another
  8. genetic code: how the information in the genes of organisms is arranged
  9. genetic engineering: artifically changing the genetic make up of the organism
  10. genome: structure in a cell that contains heredity material
  11. grafting: placing a section of one plant onto another plant so that the section grows
  12. growth implant: small pelllet or other material containing hormones placed in a animal to promote growth
  13. hormone: a substane produced by an organism that has a specific effect on its growth or other behavior
  14. issue: question or proiblem that has more than one possible answer
  15. particle gun: device used to 'send (shoot) DNA into a cell durring gene splicing
  16. recombinnant DNA: new DNA formed by genetic engineering
  17. tissue culture: a kind of cloning that uses cells ore small clusters of cells from a parent to produce a new living thing
  18. trangentic organism: the product organism resulting from altering the genetic material into an organism