Transgenic

Bringing together genetic material from multiple organisms, creating a new sequence that would not be found in any of the original organisms.

• Gene Therapy

• Selective Breeding

• Cloning

• Gene Splicing

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

• Hybrid

• Clone

• Transgenic

• Selectively Bred Organism

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

• Ethics

• Genetic Modification

• Biotechnology

• Cloning

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

• Cultured Tissue

• Clone

• Mutant

• Genetically Modified Organism

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crop that has been genetically modified with new genes that code for traits useful to humans.

• RNA

• transgenic crops

• synthetic biology

• DNA

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field of biology involved in engineering new functions from living systems

• dolly the sheep

• transgenic crops

• synthetic biology

• lipids

Term used to refer to an organism that contains genes from other organisms.

• transgenic

• gene therapy

• DNA fingerprinting

• GM (genetically modified) foods

Which of the following best describes a transgenic organism?

• An organism with genes from another species

• An organism that has been selectively bred

• An organism that has been cloned

• An organism that has undergone natural mutation

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What is the primary purpose of creating transgenic plants?

• To increase their growth rate

• To enhance their nutritional value

• To make them resistant to pests and diseases

• To improve their aesthetic appearance

Which technique is commonly used to create transgenic animals?

• Gene splicing

• Somatic cell nuclear transfer

• CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing

• Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)