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life or living
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bio
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picking the best plants or animals for producing the next generation
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improvement by selection
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selection of parent to get desirable characteristics in the offspring
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selective breeding
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the transmission of characteristics from an organism to its off spring through genes in reproductive cells
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heredity
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biology of heredity
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genetics
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components of cells which determine the individual charateristics of living things
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genes
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the offspring of common parents
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generation
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DNA
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deoxyribonucleic acid
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an exact duplicate of something
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clone
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refers to the movement of genetic info in the form of genes from one cell to another
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genetic engineering
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a substance
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nucleic acid
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DNA occurs in pairs of strands intertwined w/ each other and connected by chemicals
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bases
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the process of identifying the location of a specific gene on a chromosone
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mapping
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the process of removing and inserting genes into DNA
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gene splitting
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gene splicing
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recombinant DNA technology
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the process of finding and recording the location of genes
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gene mapping
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bacteria that were genetically altered to retard frost formation on plant leaves
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ice minus
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a brilliant shade of blue in the presence of a compound
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X-Gal
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stimulation of increased milk production in cows
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bovine somatotrophin (BST)
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increased meat production in swine
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porcine somatotrophin (PST)
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the chemical used by people w/ diabetes to control their blood sugar levels
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insulin
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a component of DNA reprented by A
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adinine
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a component of DNA reprented by G
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guanine
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a component of DNA reprented by C
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cytosine
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a component of DNA reprented by T
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thymine
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