Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305251052
Author: Michael Cummings
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Chapter 13, Problem 4QP
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Introduction: The recombinant organism shows the criteria of superiority from the parents. Involvement of genetic sequences takes place in the origination of the hybrid or recombinant organism.
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What is a cloning vector?
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The DNA probe used to locate a particular gene in the genome.
B.
An agent such as plasmid, used to transfer DNA from an in vitro solution into a living cell.
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The laboratory apparatus used to clone genes.
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An enzyme that cuts DNA into restriction fragments.
The function of a restriction enzyme is to
a. prevent the movement of DNA outside the nucleus
b. separate the DNA double helix
c. cut the nucleotide sequence at a specific location in DNA
d. proofread DNA for accidental damages and corrects these errors
Definition of Terms:
a. Genetic Engineering
b. DNA
c. Recombinant DNA
d. Plasmids
e. Cloning
f. Genome
g. Gene Mapping
h. Biotechnology
i. Polymerase Chain Reaction
j. Gene Therapy
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Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)
Ch. 13.5 - Do you think the way this issue was handled should...Ch. 13.5 - Prob. 2EGCh. 13.7 - If you were offered the chance to have the genome...Ch. 13.7 - Prob. 2EGCh. 13 - Improving the nutritional value of food has long...Ch. 13 - Improving the nutritional value of food has long...Ch. 13 - Prob. 3CSCh. 13 - What Are Clones? Cloning is a general term used...Ch. 13 - Prob. 2QPCh. 13 - Prob. 3QP
Ch. 13 - Prob. 4QPCh. 13 - Prob. 5QPCh. 13 - Prob. 6QPCh. 13 - Cloning Genes Is a Multistep Process The following...Ch. 13 - Prob. 8QPCh. 13 - Prob. 9QPCh. 13 - Cloning Genes Is a Multistep Process Which enzyme...Ch. 13 - Cloning Genes Is a Multistep Process In cloning...Ch. 13 - Prob. 12QPCh. 13 - Prob. 13QPCh. 13 - Prob. 14QPCh. 13 - Prob. 15QPCh. 13 - Cloned Libraries You are running a PCR to generate...Ch. 13 - Prob. 17QPCh. 13 - Prob. 18QPCh. 13 - Prob. 19QPCh. 13 - Analyzing Cloned Sequences A base change (A to T)...Ch. 13 - Prob. 21QPCh. 13 - Analyzing Cloned Sequences What kind of...Ch. 13 - Prob. 23QP
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