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| State in general terms how genetic information can be transferred |
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Definition
- naturally
- by genetic engineering |
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| Give examples of natural genetic engineering |
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- by bacterial plasmid
- by viruses |
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| State in general terms how human can engineer bacteria to make new substances |
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Definition
| By transferring a piece of chromosome from another organism to bacteria. |
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| State what is the advantage of genetic engineering for the production of substances from genes |
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Definition
| Obtain large quantities in short time. |
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| Give examples of products of genetic engineering used by humans |
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Definition
Insulin to help treat diabetes.
Human growth hormone for children who do not make enough of their own. |
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Definition
1- Gene from other organism cut by enzymes.
2- A plasmid extracted from a vector/bacterial cell is cut open.
3- Gene is inserted into vector/bacterial plasmid by an enzyme.
4- Plasmid is introduced back into host bacteria and forms a genetically modified (GM) organism
5- Bacteria allowed to reproduce, produce new desirable substance from information contained in the new gene. |
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