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Unit 8 Genetic Technology Exam Questions and Answers
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Unit 8 Genetic Technology ExamQuestions and Answers
gel electrophoresis - Answer-Process used is called gel electrophoresis
Enzymes - Answer-Are used to cut DNA into pieces
Electrical current - Answer-The pieces are separated un a gel by electrical current
Smaller the piece - Answer-The smaller the piece the faster it moves through the gel
(more near the bottom end of gel)
Larger the piece - Answer-The larger the piece the slower it moves through the gel
(more near the top of beginning of gel)
DNA fragments - Answer-The DNA fragments leave markers for scientists to interpret a
pattern for each individual sample of DNA
DNA samples - Answer-This can be used to compare different DNA samples in effort to
distinguish individuals DNA
Gene Therapy - Answer-Inserting genes into an organisms in order to correct or replace
a bad gene
Recombinant DNA - Answer-Taking a piece of DNA (gene) from one organism and
adding it to the DNA of another organism
Stem Cell Therapy - Answer-Used stem cells (undifferentiated cells that can specialize
to become any type of other cell)
Cloning - Answer-producing and organism with the exact same DNA of the parent
organism
Transgenic - Answer-An organism that contains genes that have been artificially
inserted from s different organism species
Genome - Answer-All of the genetic material of an organism
Human Genome project - Answer-Research project to determine the sequence of
nucleotides that map all of the genes in the human genome
Plasmid - Answer-Circular strand of DNA found in bacteria
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