AVS 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Newborn Screening, Green Fluorescent Protein, Biopharmaceutical
3 Mar 2016
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Chapter 10 - avs 101 - introduction to animal science by w. stephen damron - 5th. Biotechnology - development of products by a biological process. Affects medicine, agriculture, the environment, manufacturing, bioprocessing, and almost every other aspect of modern life. Transgenic - an animal or plant that has had dna from an external source inserted into its genetic code. 1953: double helix structure of molecule is proposed. Recombinant dna (rdna) - combination of dna molecules from different biological sources. Early 1970s: restriction enzymes and plasmid dna are discovered. Play a role in defending bacteria from viruses. Plasmid dna - a circular form of self-replication dna that can be manipulated to carry and clone other pieces of dna. Process used to produce genetically identical copies of biological entities. Fragmentation - cutting and separating a piece of dna. Ligation - gluing together pieces of dna.
