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selective breeding
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choosing which organisms to mate in order to gain certain traits (characteristics) in the offspring
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biotechnology
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the manipulation of living things to make useful products
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DNA fingerprinting
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each individual has their own, it is the special sequence of their DNA that belongs only to them
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cloning
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produces an organism that is an exact copy of another
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genome
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the complete sequence of an organisms DNA
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mule
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a cross between a donkey and a horse, it is an example of selective breeding
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genetic modification (GMO)
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changing the DNA of an organism
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bio-remediation
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a form of biotechnology that does NOT change an organism's DNA, instead it uses living things to do useful things.
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Example: using bacteria that consume oil to clean up an oil spill |
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herbicide resistant
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GMO that are not harmed by herbicides Example: GMO corn that is not harmed by Round Up or herbicides herbicide chemical that kills weeds
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Example: Round Up
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Monsanto
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a specific company that produces GMO seeds such as corn and soybeans
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Golden Rice
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A GMO crop that has a gene from the daffodil flower added to it, this gene causes it to have a yellow color from the vitamin beta carotene the addition of the beta carotene helps prevent blindness in children that live in poor countries without nutritional food supplies
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gene splicing
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removing a gene in an organism and replacing with a different one
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