genetic engineering Flashcards
1
Q
What are the two types of Enzymes?
A
Ligase and restriction
2
Q
What does the restriction enzyme do?
A
Cut out gene.
3
Q
What does the ligase enzyme do?
A
Puts gene back in
4
Q
Name a disadvantage/risk of genetic engineering?
A
Can be dangerous to bring into a food chain. Poisoness to another creature.
Genes could be spread to living things we don’t want to have particular genes.
Very expensive.
5
Q
What is a genome?
A
DNA of an organism.
