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Bella Nat 5
U1 KA 5 Genetic Engineering
Question | Answer |
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What is "genetic engineering"? | The transfer of "genetic information" from one cell to another. |
What do you call a cell or organism that has been genetically engineered? | Genetically modified organism (GMO) |
What organisms are used to make useful products by genetic engineering? | Bacteria |
What structure found only in bacteria is used in genetic engineering? | Plasmids |
What is the first stage in genetic engineering a bacterium? | Identify the section of DNA that contains the desired gene. |
What chemicals are used to "extract" and "insert genes" | Enzymes |
When a modified plasmid is inserted back into a bacterium forming a GM bacterium, is it into the same bacterium that the plasmid was "extracted" from? | No, a different bacterium |