Biology 1201A Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Plasmid, Genetic Recombination, Neo-Darwinism

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The technology uses restriction endonucleases to cut up specific segments of dna and left it with sticky end (unpaired). Vector: such as plasmid because dna molecule used as a vehicle to transfer foreign genetic material into another cell. To introduce foreign dna into plasmid, the plasmid is treated with the same restriction enzyme so the same sticky ends to bind. Dna ligase stabilizes the attachments; then introduced into bacterium by transformation. Restriction fragment length polymorphism (rflps): restriction fragments between individuals are compared, fragments differ in length are observed because of polymorphism (different length in dna sequences). Dna-finger printing: rflps at crime scene compared to rflps of suspects. Short tandem repeat (str): repeat of 2-5 nucleotides and different between all individuals except identical twins. Reverse transcriptase: introns often prevent transcriptions; this enzyme make dna molecule directly from mrna. Dna obtained from this manner is complementary dna (cdna) which lacks introns that suppress transcriptions.

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