1. Name:____________________ Date:_____________
Living Environment Rabbi Goldberg
Genetic Application
Vocabulary
•____________- any change in the base sequence of an organism DNA
•____________- Process of making a group of genetically identical offspring
from the cells of an organism
•_____________- transfer of genetic information from one organism to another
I. Genetic research
a. Is the fastest growing ____________________________
i. Two very common areas if genetic research are
1. _____________________
2. _____________________
II. Cloning
a. _____________________________________________________
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i. This is great in agriculture
1. ___________________________________________
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ii. We have cloned ___________________________________
1. ___________________________________________
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2. They clone from the __________________________
III. Genetic Engineering
a. Genetic _______________________________________________
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i. This forms _______________________________________
1. New genes _________________________________
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b. It has been ____________________________________________
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c. They then
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i. HGH – helps with height
ii. Insulin – Diabetes
iii. etc..

2. d. Eventually,
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IV. Selective Breeding
a. There are ways ______________________________________
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b. AKA - Artificial selection
i. _________________________
ii. _________________________
iii. __________________________
V. Inbreeding
a. Is mating ( getting together) __________________________
b. This method is _____________________________________
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c. The drawback to
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d. Therefore people _______________________________________
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e. This leads to [pedigrees _ pure gene of one specie like a pedigree
golden retriever etc…………………..
VI. Hybridization
a. As we stated before __________________________________
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b. _____________________________________________________
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i. The
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c. When two __________________________________________
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