GENETIC ENGINEERING AND RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY

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the science of heredity

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GENETICS

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is the PASSAGE OF GENETIC TRAITS from one generation to the next

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HEREDITY

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are composed of smaller units called genes (DNA)

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CHROMOSOMES

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A gene’s specific position along a chromosome is called

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LOCUS

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PAIRS OF GENES that carry the same traits and are located at the same place on pairs of chromosomes

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ALLELES

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The simple addition, deletion, or manipulation of a single trait in an organism to create a desired change

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GENETIC ENGINEERING

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Artificially copying a piece of DNA from one organism and joining this copy of DNA into the DNA of another organism

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GENETIC ENGINEERINH

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It allows genes from one organism to be inserted into a cell of a different organism of a different species

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GENETIC ENGINEERING

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The altered DNA is called

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RECOMBINANT DNA

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This is where tiny segments of a gene are taken out and
replaced by different genes

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GENE SPLICING

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DNA MEANING

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DeoxyriboNucleic Acid

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DNA is made up of smaller units called

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NUCLEOTIDES

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3 PARTS OF NUCLEOTIDE OF DNA

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SUGAR
PHOSPHATE GROUP
NITROGENOUS BASE

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is the part of the nucleotide that CARRIES GENETIC INFORMATION

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NITROGENOUS BASE

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4 BASES FOUND IN DNA

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ADENINE
CYTOSINE
GUANINE
THYMINE

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Is a stretch of DNA that codes for a type of protein that has a function in the organism

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GENE

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It is a UNIT OF HEREDITY in a living organism. All living things depend on it

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GENE

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these HOLD THE INFORMATION to build and maintain an organism’s cells and PASS GENETIC TRAITS to offspring

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GENE

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The EXCHANGE of corresponding DNA segments between adjacent chromosomes during the special type of cell division that RESULTS IN THE PRODUCTION OF NEW GENETIC MAKE UP

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RECOMBINANT

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In genetic engineering, recombination can also refer to artificial and deliberate recombination od pieces of DNA, from different organism, creating what is called __________

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RECOMBINANT DNA

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5 STAGES INVOLVED IN RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY

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1. Isolation
2. Cutting
3. Ligation and Insertion
4. Transformation
5. Expression

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act as MOLECULAR SCISSORS and cut DNA at specific sites called restriction sites

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RESTRICTION ENZYMES

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Restriction enzymes act as molecular scissors and cut DNA at specific sites called

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RESTRICTION SITES

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re-joining cut fragments of DNA and forming artificial recombinant molecules

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LIGATION

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Bacterial cell reproduces by

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BINARY FISSION

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GMO

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GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM

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GEO

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GENETICALLY ENHANCED ORGANISM

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a possible solution to Vitamin A deficiency

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GOLDEN RICE

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– is a technology that scientist use to alter an animal’s own DNA, or to splice in new DNA, called a transgene, from another species

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GENE PHRAMING

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One of the first mammals engineered successfully for the purpose of pharming was a sheep born in 1990and created by scientist led by British developmental biologist Ian Wilmut at Roslin Institue in Scotland.

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TRACY THE SHEEP

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WHO CREATED TRACY THE SHEEP

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IAN WILMUT

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Is the transplantation of living cells, tissues, or organs from on species to another

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XENOTRANSPLANTATION

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It involved modifying human DNA either to repair it or to replace a faulty gene
* The idea of this is to overcome the effects of a mutation which causes a genetic disease
* Cystic fibrosis is the best-known disease where this has been tried

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GENE THERAPY