2. Vocabulary Defined
Vocabulary
- cloning
- Creating an identical copy of an individual with the same genes.
- DNA ligase
- Enzyme that joins DNA fragments together.
- gene therapy
- Treatment that provides a new gene to replace a defective gene; potentially "cures" a genetic disease.
- Human Genome Project
- International effort to sequence all the base pairs in human DNA.
- plasmid
- An accessory circle of DNA in bacteria.
- recombinant DNA
- DNA formed by the combination of DNA from two different sources, such as placing a human gene into a bacterial plasmid.
- somatic cell
- A body cell; not a gamete.
- transformation
- The process by which bacteria pick up foreign DNA and incorporate it in their genome.
- vector
- A vehicle, such as a plasmid, used to transfer foreign DNA into an organism.
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