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chapter 5 vocabulary
5.3
Term | Definition |
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selective breeding | the process of selecting organisms with desired traits to be parents of the next generation |
inbreeding | crossing two individuals that have familiar characteristics. |
hybridization | breeders cross two genetically different individuals. |
clone | an organism that has exactly the same genres as the organism from which it was produced. |
genetic engineering | genes from one organism are transferred into the DNA of another organism. |
gene therapy | inserting copies of a gene directly into a person's brain. |
genome | all the DNA in the cell of one's organism |