7.5 Genetic Technologies Vocabulary

The process by which humans breed only those organisms with desired traits to produce the next generation; selective breeding.

• Gene Therapy

• Artificial Selection

• Natural Selection

• Genetic Engineering

The transfer of a gene from the DNA of one organism into another organism, in order to produce an organism with desired traits.

• Gene Therapy

• Artificial Selection

• Genetic Engineering

• Genome

The process of replacing an absent or faulty gene with a normal working gene to treat a medical disease or disorder.

• Gene Therapy

• Clone

• Genetic Engineering

• Genome

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An organism that is genetically identical to the organism from which it was produced.

• Gene Therapy

• Clone

• Genetic Engineering

• Genome

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The complete set of genetic information that an organism carries in its DNA.

• Gene Therapy

• Clone

• Genetic Engineering

• Genome

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To cause a change in something using artificial means.

• Factor

• Quantify

• Manipulate

• Sequence

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