CP Biotechnology Word Scramble
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adaptation | process of adjusting to an environment that improves an organism's likelihood of survival and reproduction |
biotechnology | The industrial use of living organisms or their components to improve human health and food production. |
cloning | to make one or more genetic replicas of an individual or cell. |
DNA fingerprint | A method used to identify DNA banding patterns that are specific to an individual or for comparing the nucleotide sequences of fragments of DNA from different sources. |
gel electrophoresis | the separation of nucleic acids or proteins, on the basis of their size and electrical charge, by measuring their rate of movement through an electrical field in a gel. |
gene therapy – | placing a normal genes into cells in place of missing or defective ones in order to correct genetic disorders. |
genetically modified organism | an organism whose genetic material has been altered |
Human Genome Project | A project to map the entire genetic material of humans |
plasmid | A small ring of DNA that carries accessory genes separate from those of a bacterial chromosome |
recombinant DNA | A DNA molecule made in vitro with segments from different sources |
stem cell | self-regenerating cells in the marrow of long bones that give rise, by differentiation and division, to red blood cells and all of the different types of white blood cells. |
transgenic organism | an organism that has had its genotype altered by the introduction of a gene or DNA sequence into its genome by genetic manipulation. |
restriction enzyme | An enzyme that catalyzes the cleavage of DNA at specific locations , producing small fragments used in gene splicing for DNA technology. |
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