Genetic Engineering Online Activity13.1 & 2.doc - puttermanbio

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Genetic Engineering

Online Activities


Go to the science folder, click on
Biology Exploring Life
, and then choose the correct activity. From
home, go to
www.pearsonsuccessnet.com
. Your username is your full name, no capitals, no spaces,
no dots (example
–

mrputterman), and the password is ‘thsbio’.


Online Activity
13.1

1.

How is recombinant DNA technology used to help m
ake snow more easily?





2.

What does recombinant DNA technology allow for corn and other crops?




3.

How is recombinant DNA being used for medical purposes?





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4.

What types of enzymes are used to “cut” DNA?




5.

Where do scientists get th
e donor gene from?




6.

What happens to the selected “donor gene” next?





7.

Where does the plasmid come from?





8.

What happens to the “recombinant plasmid” once it is inserted into a host bacterial cell?






9.

How does a restriction enzyme “know” where to cut

the DNA?




10.

What is the DNA sequence that the restriction enzyme ECO RI looks for?





11.

What enzyme helps to “glue” the new DNA into the bacterial plasmid?