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| DNA fingerprint | pattern of bands made up of specific fragments from an individual's DNA |
| RFLP analysis | extracting DNA from a specimen of blood or other tissue and cutting it into fragments using restriction enzymes |
| gel electrophoresis | seprates nucleic acids or proteins, primarily according to their size and charge |
| probe | radioactive segments of DNA that are complementary to the segments being compared |
| Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) | used to quickly make many copies of selected segments of the avaliable DNA |
| primer | artificially made single strand sequence of DNA required for the initiation of replication |
| Human Genome Project | project to determine the mucleotide sequence of the entire human genome and to map the location of every gene on each chromosome |
| gene therapy | used to treat a genetic disorder by introducing a gene into a cell or by correcting a gene defect in a cells genome |
| vaccine | solution that contains a harmless version of a virus or a bacterium |
| pathogens | a disease causing agent that have been treated so they no longer cause diseases |
| herbicides | weed controlling chemical |
