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Genetic Engineering

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Genetic Engineering   Making changes to the DNA that makes changes to the organism  
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Recombinant DNA   Taking part of the DNA from one organism and putting it in the DNA of another organism  
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Gene Therapy   Placing normal genes in an organism to fix a disorder  
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Restriction Enzymes   Proteins used to cut DNA into different pieces  
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Genome   Total number of genes in an organism  
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Human Genome Project   The project that found that there are about 35,000 genes in the human population  
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Somatic Cells   Body cell with a full set of chromosomes  
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Clone   Identical copy of an organism  
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Gel Electrophoresis   Using gel and electricity to separate DNA; makes a DNA fingerprint  
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Agarose   The gel used in gel electrophoresis  
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