DNA Technology 10 20 30 40 50 Ecology and evolution Why and How? Forensics HGP Medicine & health Food 10 20 30 40 50
Labeled segment of DNA/RNA used to find a specific sequence of nucleotides Category 1 - 10
PCR can identify the presence of certain microorganisms based on this molecule Category 1 - 20
How has DNA technology been used in preventing malaria?
Protein used to classify organisms in DNA barcoding
Molecule of great interest in tracing migration patterns of humans
How can bacteria with the desired recombinant DNA be separated from bacteria without the gene of interest?
Why is there a need for cDNA?
How can subjecting DNA to high salt concentration or high temperatures facilitate insertion of the gene of interest?
Why is Taq polymerase used in PCR?
How does gel electrophoresis distinguish between DNA molecules of different lengths?
Process that yields RFLPs
In the DNA profiling simulation, whose blood was found at the crime scene?
Which PSHS graduate devised a paternity test to address the Ray de Villa case in the ‘90s?
Aside from forensics, give another application of DNA profiling
Give a possible issue with the results of DNA profiles in criminal investigations.
Proponent of the HGP
Give one importance of sequencing the human genome
Process used to sequence an entire genome around a starting probe
Map constructed by observing how often two DNA markers are inherited together after recombination in meiosis
Describe an issue associated with the HGP
How can pathogenic microbes be identified?
Name a process that can be used to determine genetic disorders in unborn offspring
Method of replacing defective DNA with a non-defective sequence and introducing it back into the cells of the patient
Give an example of a genetic disease that can be remedied with the aid of DNA technology
How do DNA technologists produce large amounts of human hormones for people who cannot produce their own?
Describe one method of inserting DNA into plant or animal cells.
Organisms that contain DNA from another source
Give an example of a beneficial trait introduced to plants
Give an example of a beneficial trait introduced to animals
Give one reason why the public still has difficulty accepting GMOs