1.Biotechnology: How Do We Use What We Know about Life? 2. Role of bacteria in technology • Advantage to using bacteria – Possess plasmids • Small extra loops of DNA…

How DNA profiles are made from a small sample of DNA: 1. Get DNA sample from tissue, blood or semen as it will be easy to collect. 2. DNA must be cut into fragments using…

Slide 1 Lab 8: Amplification of the tPA Locus using the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Slide 2 Pre Lab Readiness Genetics is the study of heredity: How biological information…

Slide 1 SEPARATION OF DNA FRAGMENTS BY LENGTH Slide 2 Organic molecules such as DNA are charged. DNA is negatively charged because the phosphates (red circles) that form…

Slide 1 13.3- The Human Genome Slide 2 What is a genome? Genome: the total number of genes in an individual. Human Genome- approx. 20,000 genes on the 46 human chromosomes.…

Slide 1 Biotechnology Guess the lamb’s name DOLLY!--THIS IS A PHOTO OF THE FAMOUS CLONED SHEEP Slide 2 Goals of Applied Genetics 1.Help humans create crops that can be…

Slide 1 PCR Review Collect Lab Write-ups What is PCR? What are the 3 steps essential for amplification? What are the essential reagents/ingredients? PCR Amplification: www.hhmi.org/biointeractive…

Slide 1 Slide 2 International study to determine: ~25,000 genes Sequence of 3 billion nitrogen bases (A,T,C,G’s) Create & improve methods of analyzing DNA Address ethical,…

Slide 1 __________________________ Genetic screening: to identify those with an increased risk of inheriting a disorder Often tied to ethnic background May involve karyotyping…

Slide 1 Chapter 13: DNA Technology Slide 2 With all our knowledge of DNA and genes, is there any way to manipulate DNA? Genetic Engineering – form of applied genetics in…