Basic engineering | Steps in genetic engineering | Genomes and human genes | Drugs and Vaccines | engineering and cloning animals |
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the process of manipulating genes for practical purposes
Genetic engineering is...
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the first step is cutting DNA
What is step 1 in the genetic engineering process?
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it is a research project that has liked over 20 scientific laboratories in 6 countries
What is the Human Genome Project
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treat illnesses and to create new vaccines
genetically engineered proteins are used to.....
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they add growth hormones to their diet
How do farmers improve milk production from their cows?
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recombinant DNA
Genetic engineering may involve building...
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the second step is making recombinant DNA
What is step 2 in the genetic engineering process?
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3,200,000,000 or 3.2 billion
How many base pairs of the DNA that make up the human genome?
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A vaccine is a solution containing all or part of a harmless version of a pathogen
what is a vaccine?
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GH increases the weight of the pig
What does GH in pigs do?
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Stanley Cohen and Herbert Boyer
Who conducted an experiment the revolutionized genetic studies in biology?
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the third step is cloning the gene
What is step 3 in the genetic engineering process?
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proteins
Only 1 to 1.5 percent of the human genome in DNA that codes for....
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Vaccines are used to combat infections
What are vaccines used for?
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they are animals that have foreign DNA in their cells
what are transgenic animals?
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by examining how the human gene for insulin is transferred into bacteria
How can the basic steps in engineering be explored?
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the fourth step is screening
What is step 4 in the genetic engineering process?
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chromosome 19
What chromosome is small and is packed with transcribed genes?
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Antibodies are there to combat the pathogens and stop its growth before it becomes a disease
What do antibodies do?
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Ian Wilmut
Who captured worldwide attention when he announced the first successful cloning using differentiated cells from an adult animal?
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insulin came from slaughtered cows and pigs
Determine where insulin came from before genetic engineering.
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Plasmids are a circular shape
Predict what shape plasmids are
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about 30,000 to 40,000
predict how many genes are contained in a human cell.
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they occur when the body fails to make critical proteins
Predict how genetic disorders and other human illnesses occur.
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Dolly the sheep was born on July 5, 1996
Predict when Dolly the sheep was born
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