The Biotechnology Revolution and Genetic Engineering
The Biotechnology Revolution and Genetic Engineering
1. What is DNA?
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2. How does DNA replicate?
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3. The "central dogma" in biology can be briefly described as follows: "DNA is transcribed to RNA and RNA is translated to a protein." What happens during transcription? What happens during translation?
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of DNA
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4. Two important molecular tools: plasmids and restriction enzymes. What is a plasmid? What is a restriction enzyme?
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Enzyme
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Enzyme
5. How was able to make a recombinant DNA?
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About Making Recombinant DNA
6. What is cloning? And how did recombinant DNA make cloning possible?
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7. What is a recombinant DNA organism?
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8. What is a transgenic organism?
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9. What is gene therapy?
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10. What was the purpose of the human genome project?
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