Chapter 13 Biology study guide
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Selctive Breeding
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Only animals with desired characeristics are allowed to produce the next generation
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Hybridization
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Crossing dissimalar individuals to bring together the best of both orginisms
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Inbreeding
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The continued breeding of indiviuals with similar characteristics
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Genetic Enginering
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Biologists change th DNA code of a living orginism
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Restriction Enzyme
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Cuts DNA at a specific sequence of nucleotides
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Gel Elctrophesis
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DNA fragments can be separated and analyzed.
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Recombent DNA
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DNA moecules that are produced by combining DNA from differnt sources
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PCR
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Used to make many copies of a single gene
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Plasmid
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Inside the bacterium below is a small circular piece of DNA
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Genetic Marker
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A gene for antibiotic resistance may be used as a(n) ___________, making it possible to identify a transformed cell
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Transgenic
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Organism contains genes from another species
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Clone
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A member of a population of genetically identical identical cell produced from a single cell