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Biotech
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Environment | |
| Plant Breeding | Is the art and science of changing the traits of plants in order to produce desired characteristics. |
| Enzyme | Are large biological molecules responsible for the thousands of metabolic processes that sustain life. |
| Rennin | An enzyme that catalysts the coagulation of milk. |
| Fermentation | |
| Yeast | |
| Heredity | |
| Law of Segregation | |
| Law of independent assortment | |
| cells | The ultimate functional unit of an organic structure, plant, or animal. It consists of a micro- scopic mass of protoplasm that includes a nucleus surrounded by a membrane. In most plants, it is surrounded by a cell wall. |
| vaccine | |
| antibiotic | Germ-killing substances produced by a bacterium or mold. |
| artificial insemination | The deposition of sperm matozoa in the female genitalia by artificial rather than natural means. |
| embryo transfer | |
| genetic code | |
| vertical gene transfer | |
| DNA | A genetic proteinlike nucleic acid on plant and animal genes and chromosomes that controls inheritance. |
| Double Helix | |
| Genetic Engineering | |
| horizontal gene transfer | |
| gene splicing | The process in which fragments of DNA from one or more different organisms are combined to form recombinant DNA. |