BIOL 1005 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Antimicrobial Resistance, Chromosome, Genetically Modified Organism
3 Oct 2015
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Biotechnology any industrial or commercial use or alteration of organisms, cells, or biological molecules to achieve specific practical goals. Cloning the process of producing many identical copies of a gene; also the production of many genetically identical copies of an organism. Dna cloning any of a variety of technologies that are used to produce multiple copies of a specific segment of dna (usually a gene). Dna probe a sequence of nucleotides that is complementary to the nucleotide sequence of a gene or other segment of dna under study; used to locate the gene or. Dna segment during gel electrophoresis or other methods of dna analysis. Dna profile the pattern of short tandem repeats of specific dna segments; using a standardized set of 13 short tandem repeats, dna profiles identify individual people with great accuracy. Gene therapy the attempt to cure a disease by inserting, deleting, or altering a patient"s genes.
