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What is Deoxyribonucleic Acid?
Large nucleic acid molecule that makes up chromosomes.
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What is Biotechnology?
Applies scientific and engineering techniques to the manipulation of the genes of living organisms.
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What is Forensics?
Pertaining to the courts of law.
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What is Selective Breeding?
Choosing the parents of offspring to enhance development of desired traits.
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What is a Biotechnologist?
They directly alter or change the cells of living things to discover and improve genetic traits.
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What is Electrophoresis?
In forensics, this natural electrical charge separates the molecules of the DNA.
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What is Fermentation?
Chemical change that is created by an enzyme or microorganism.
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What is the National Institutes of Health (NIH)?
Established safety guidelines for the transfer and manipulation of DNA.
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What is Cystic Fibrosis?
One of the diseases that can be identified by DNA tests. This disease consists of the lungs clogging with mucus
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What is Artificial Insemination?
Injection of semen into the uterine canal, unrelated to sexual intercourse.
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What is Monoclonal Antibody?
.Identical cells originating from the same cell.
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What is Spinal Musclar Atrophy?
One of the diseases that can be identified by DNA tests. In this disease, the muscles are progressively degenerating.
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What is Eugenics?
Study of the methods for controlling the characteristics of humans.
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What is an Enzyme?
Protein that acts as a catalyst in the cell.
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What is Tay-Sachs Disease?
One of the diseases that can be identified by DNA tests. This disease is a lethal childhood neurological disorder.
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