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DNA Technology

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Genetic engineering Technology that involves transferring DNA from one organism and inserting it into another organism.
Genome The total DNA present in the nucleus of each cell.
Restriction enzyme Proteins that recognize and cut specific sequences of DNA.
Gel electrophoresis A procedure that uses electric current to separate DNA fragments according to the size of the fragments.
Recombinant DNA A newly created DNA molecule that contains DNA from different sources.
Plasmids Small, circular DNA molecules that occur naturally in bacteria.
DNA ligase Enzymes that join pieces of DNA together.
Transformation The process of taking in recombinant DNA.
Cloning The process of producing an organism or cell that is genetically identical.
Transgenic organism Organisms that contain one or more genes from another organism.
Genomics The study of an organism's genome.
Bioinformatics Involves creating and maintaining databases of biological information.
Gene therapy A technique aimed at correcting mutated genes that cause human diseases.
DNA fingerprint A representation of the parts of an individual's DNA that can be used to identify a person at the molecular level.
Human Genome Project An international effort in which the goal was to determine the sequence of the approximately three billion nucleotides that make up human DNA.
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