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| 4016703967 | any use of living organisms to create products or facilitate processes | biotechnology | 0 | |
| 4016738939 | cuts DNA into pieces (designed to cut invading viral DNA | restriction enzymes | 1 | |
| 4016751790 | restriction enzymes are used to make ________ | recombinant DNA | 2 | |
| 4016761115 | recombinant DNA is used to make _________ | transgenic organisms | 3 | |
| 4016766469 | DNA containing fragments of DNA from other organisms | recombinant DNA | 4 | |
| 4016776873 | organisms containing recombinant DNA | transgenic organisms | 5 | |
| 4016781951 | making an exact genetic copy | cloning | 6 | |
| 4016785032 | recombinant DNA is usually cloned in _______ | bacteria | 7 | |
| 4016796173 | what are some benefits of cloning? | creating livestock that contain human genes needed to treat genetic disorders | 8 | |
| 4016871267 | creating livestock to serve as organ donors, or blood donors | xenotransplantation | 9 | |
| 4016882954 | procedure done to obtain multiple copies of DNA fragments | polymerase chain reaction (PCR) | 10 | |
| 4016891086 | what is the first step in the polymerase chain reaction? | heat up the DNA to separate the strands | 11 | |
| 4016921804 | what is the second step in the polymerase chain reaction? | add primers (short sequences) together with DNA polymerase and nucleotides. this two step process is repeated several times | 12 | |
| 4016966649 | a technique used in laboratories in order to separate macromolecules based on size | electrophoresis | 13 | |
| 4016973578 | what is the first step in electrophoresis? | DNA is cut into fragments with restriction enzymes | 14 | |
| 4016996000 | what is the second step in electrophoresis? | fragments are placed into the gel | 15 | |
| 4017016363 | what is the third step in electrophoresis? | gel is placed in electrophoresis machine | 16 | |
| 4017031540 | what happens in the fourth step of electrophoresis? | gel is developed to see band pattern | 17 | |
| 4017056133 | how many total genes does the human genome have? | 26,000-40,000 | 18 | |
| 4017068702 | what is one benefit of the human genome project? | finding disease genes at increasing rate | 19 |
