Manipulating DNA

True or False: If you reverse the orientation of a gel so that the DNA is loaded into wells closest to the positive electrode, or if you were to switch the leads from the power source so that the charges on either end of the gel box were reversed, your DNA will run off the short end of the gel.

• True

• False

Any organism that has had its DNA altered in a lab is referred to as a ....

• Cultured Tissue

• Clone

• Mutant

• Genetically Modified Organism

Manipulating a living organism to solve a problem or make a product

• Ethics

• Genetic Modification

• Biotechnology

• Cloning

Using a DNA sample to analyze/match for a specific purpose

• Genetic Modification

• Tissue Culturing

• Gene Therapy

• Genetic Testing

An organism that has the DNA of a different organism/species in its genome

• Hybrid

• Clone

• Transgenic

• Selectively Bred Organism

The creation of an organism genetically identical to another

• Transgenic

• Genetically Modified

• Cloning

• Tissue Culturing

Intentional manipulating of genes

• DNA Fingerprinting

• Genetic Engineering

• mutagen

• cloning

Molecule that contains the master genetic code, located in the nucleus

• DNA

• mRNA

• tRNA

A change in genes

• Mutation

• nucleotide

• DNA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A 3-base code on DNA or mRNA

• codon

• anti-codon

• mutation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1