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Science Chapter 5.3
advances in genetics
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| selective breeding | selecting organisms with desired traits to be the parents of the next generation |
| inbreeding | crossing two individuals that have similar characteristics |
| hybridization | crossing two genetically different individuals |
| clone | an organism that has exactly the same genes as the organism from which it was produced |
| genetic engineering | genes from one organism are transferred into the DNA of another organism |
| gene therapy | using genetic engineering to correct some genetic disorders in humans, it involves directly inserting copies of a gene into a person's cells |
| genome | all the DNA in one cell of an organism |
| three ways of producing organisms with desired traits | selective breeding, cloning, and genetic engineering |
| goal of human genome project | the goal is to identify the DNA sequence of every gene in the human genome |