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What are biotechnological tools? |
They're tools that allow scientists to alter DNA, replicate it, isolate fragments, and determine DNA sequences |
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What is the function restriction enzymes? |
They act as scissors to cut out segments of DNA that are of interest |
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What are plasmids? |
They are small, circular pieces of DNA that are found in the cytoplasms of some strains of bacteria |
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What is the PCR (polyermerase chain reaction) used for? |
It is used to amplify a small sample of DNA into a large one. |
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What is RFLP (Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism) used for? |
To create records of the patterns of DNA segments |
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Organisms that have had a foreign gene inserted into their DNA are called what? |
Transgenic organisms |
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What is gene therapy? |
The insertion of genetic material into human cells to treat a disorder. |