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Selective Breeding
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Method of breeding that allows only those individual organisms with desired characteristics to produce the next generation.
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Hybridization
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Breeding techique that involves crossing dissimilar individuals to bring together the best traits of both organisms.
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Inbreeding
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Continued breeding of individuals with similar characteristics to maintain the desired characteristics of a line of organisms.
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Plasmid
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Small circular piece of DNA.
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Genetic marker
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Gene that makes it possible to distinguish bacteria that carry a plasmid with foreign DNA from those that don't.
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Restirction enzyme
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Enzyme that cuts DNA at a specific sequence of nucleotides.
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Gel electrophorresis
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A mixture of DNA fragments is placed at one end of a porous gel, and an electric voltage is applied to the gel.
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Recombinant DNA
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DNA produced by combining DNA from different sources.
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Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
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Technique that allows molecular biologists to make many copies of a particular gene.
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Plasmid
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Small circular piece of DNA.
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Genetic Marker
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Gene that makes it possible to distinguish bacteria that carry a plasmid with foreign DNA from those that don't.
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Transgenic
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Term used to refer to an organism that contains genes from other organisms.
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Clone
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Is a member of a population of genetically cells produced from a single cell.
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