Genetic Engineering and Cloning Vocab
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- Q1A person who has one recessive allele for a trait, but does not have the trait.HomozygousCloneCarrier30s
- Q2An organism that is genetically identical to the organism from which it was producedClonefraternal twindizygotic twin30s
- Q3The protein or enzyme that acts like a pair of molecular scissors, capable of cutting strands of DNA that can be genetically altered.CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing30s
- Q4Those "non-genetic" factors that are involved in a person's surroundings such as the nature of the person's parents, the person's friends, and the person's behavioral choices.genetic factorsenvironmental factors30s
- Q5twins who develop from two different eggs that were fertilized by two different spermmonozygotic twinsfraternal twins (dizygotic twins)clone30s
- Q6Process of making changes in the DNA code of living organismsgenetic engineeringPedigreeCloningGMO30s
- Q7An organism that is created when scientists take one or more specific genes from one organism and introduce them into another organism thus creating a new versionGMO (genetically modified organism)30s
- Q8twins who develop from a single fertilized egg that splits in two, creating two genetically identical organismsidentical twins (monozygotic twins)dizygotic twinsfraternal twinsGMO30s
- Q9Disease caused by an inherited geneinherited diseaseColdsFluChicken Pox30s
- Q10change in a DNA sequence that affects genetic information (This change is NOT done by a scientist to make a new organism)GMOMutationTransgenic organismpedigree30s
- Q11A chart or "family tree" that tracks which members of a family have a particular traitPedigreeMutationPunnett Square30s
- Q12the human practice of breeding animals or plants that have certain desired traitsselective breeding30s
- Q13X and Y chromosomes.sex chromosomes30s
- Q14an organism that contains genes from another species (this was done in a lab by a scientist)clonemutationpedigreeTransgenic organism30s
- Q15gene present on the X, but not the Y chromosomefertilized eggselective breedingX-linkedY-linked30s
