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Chapter 13: Genetic Engineering

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A gene can be cut out of a DNA molecule using a _____.restriction enzyme
DNA that has had genes from a different organism spliced into it is called ___.recombinant DNA,
Segments of DNA can be separated from each other based on their relative size using ____.gel electrophoresis,
Making purposeful changes in the DNA of an organism is called ____.genetic engineering
A technique that can be used to make many copies of DNA in the lab is called ____.PCR (polymerase chain reactions),
Three things that are involved with genetic engineering are ___.1) reading a DNA sequence 2) editing a DNA sequence 3)reinserting DNA into a living organism
Cells that have taken in DNA from outside the cell have undergone a process called ____.cell transformation
An organism that has genes from other species is called a _____ organism.transgenic
A ___ is a member of a population of genetically identical cells produced from a single cell.clone
Researchers were able to clone a sheep by taking the nucleus out of an egg cell, replacing it with the nucleus from _____ from another sheep, and placing the egg into the womb of a female sheep to grow as a zygote would.an adult cell
The most common vector for getting recombinant DNA into a bacterial cell is a(n) ______.plasmid
A _______ is a small circular piece of DNA, common in bacteria, that often times has genes that give the bacteria antibiotic resistance.plasmid
Inserting new helpful DNA into the body cells of an already born human can be accomplished through ______.gene therapy
Which process is shown below?, Gel electrophoresis,


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