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| selective breeding | method of breeding that allows only those individual organsisms with desired characteristics to produce the next generation |
| hybridization | breeding technique that involves crossing dissimilar individuals to bring together the best trait of both organsisms |
| inbreeding | continued breeding of individuals with similar charateristics to maintain the desired characteristics of a line of organsism |
| genetic engineering | process of making changes in the DNA code |
| restriction enzyme | enzymes that cut DNA at a specific sequence of nucleotides |
| gel electrophoresis | procedure used to seperate and analyze DNA fragments by placing a mixture of DNA fragments at one end of a porous gel and applying an electtrical voltage to the gel |
| recombinant DNA | DNA produced by combining DNA from different sources |
| polymerase chain reaction | technique that allows molecular biologist to make many copies of a particular gene |
| plasmid | small circular of DNA |
| genetic marker | gene that makes it possible to distinguish bacteria that carry a plasmid with foreign DNA from those that don't |
| transgenic | terms used to refer to an organism |
| clone | member of a population of genetically identical cells produced from a single cell. |
