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BioTech3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the use of living organisms to create or facilitate the production of products | Biotechnology |
| any one of a group of organisms produced asexually from an individual organism | clone |
| the manipulation of chromosomes or genes by methods other than normal reproduction | genetic engineering |
| a distinctive pattern of bands composed of fragments of an individuals DNA that is sufficiently specific to that individual to be used as a means of identification | DNA fingerprint |
| generalized cells that have the ability to differentiate into cells for specific functions | stem cells |
| an undifferentiated cell, taken from an embryo, that has the potential to give rise to various other cell or tissue types | embryonic stem cells |
| the developmental time frame between three weeks and eight weeks | embryo |
| the process in which man crosses animals or plants to produce desirable traits | selective breeding |
| the mating of closely related organisms | inbreeding |
| the cross breeding of two genetically unrelated individuals | hybridization |