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Selective Breeding   Allows only animals with desired characteristics to produce a next generation  
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hybridization   crossing dissimilar individuals to bring together the best of organisms  
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inbreeding   continued breeding of individuals with similar characteristics to maintain the desired characteristics of a line of organisms  
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Genetic Engineering   1. Making Changes to the DNA code of a living organism  
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Restriction Enzymes   2. Enzymes that cut DNA at a specific sequence of nucleotides  
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Gel Electrophoresis   3. A procedure where a Mixture of DNA fragments are placed at one end of a porous gel, and an electric voltage is applied to he gel. The DNA molecules that are negatively charged move to the positive end of the gel.  
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Recombinant DNA   DNA produce by combining DNA from different sources.  
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polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)   5. A technique that prints an exact copy of DNA  
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plasmid   6. Circular DNA strands that are found naturally in some bacteria and can be useful for DNA transfer  
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genetic Marker   7. A gene that makes it possible to distinguish bacteria that carry the plasmid and the foreign DNA from those that don’t.  
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transgenic   8. Containing genes from other species  
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clone   9. A member of a population of genetically identical cells produce from a single cell  
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Karyotype   photograph of chromosomes grouped in order in pairs  
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Sex Chromosomes   2 of 46 chromosomes that determine an individuals' sex  
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Autosomes   The remaining 44 chromosomes that do not determine an individuals' sex  
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Pedigree   A chart which shows the relationship within a family  
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Sex-Linked Genes   Genes located on the chromosomes that determine an individual's sex  
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Nondisjunction   when the chromosomes do not come apart  
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DNA fingerprinting   Using Fingerprints to identify an individual  
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