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Objectives Unit VII, Biotechnology
1. Define biotechnology, Taq1, sticky ends, vector, plasmid, bioremediation, restriction enzyme,
bioinformatics, and genomics.
2. What is meant by the universality of the genetic code?
3. Define polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Describe what is needed for PCR to happen, its process
of DNA amplification, and list several uses.
4. Describe the process of gel electrophoresis and how it is used.
5. Define and describe DNA sequencing. Be able to read a DNA sequence from an autoradiogram.
6. Describe the process of using recombinant DNA technology to make a transgenic plant or
animal. What are the advantages and disadvantages of these plants and animals?
7. List 2 examples each of transgenic plants and transgenic animals.
8. What was the first human drug marketed using DNA recombinant technology? What are the
advantages of producing drugs this way?
9. Describe how the BLAST computer program is used in genetic research.
10. What is the job description of a genetic counselor?
11. What is gene therapy?
12. Give a brief summary of the stories of Ashi DeSilva, Jessie Gelsinger, and Max Randell.
13. When did the human genone project start, when was it completed, and what government
agencies were involved. What type of chromosome mapping was used?
14. Describe the 4 types of chromosome maps: cytogenetic, linkage, physical, and sequence.
Reading
Ch. 19, all
Ch. 20, all
Ch. 22 (22.1 and 22.2 only)
Labs
CSI Lab, Museum of Science and Industry
Webcutter Lab with BLAST
Beta Globin Gene Exercise Lab