Biology Study Guide 8
Chapter 13 - Genetic Technology
1. What is a genome?
2. Why is the Human Genome Project beneficial to society?
3. Why can genomics be controversial?
4. What is gene therapy and how does it work?
5. How much DNA do humans share with each other?
6. What are introns? What are exons?
7. What is a DNA Fingerprint? What tool do we use to find it?
8. How does gel electrophoresis work?
9. In what ways have farmers used genetic engineering before new technology was
available? What are some examples?
10. What is genetic engineering?
11. What is a transgenic organism? How are these made?
12. What is a plasmid?
13. What is a vector?
14. What is cloning? What kind of organisms can we clone?
15. How is a clone made?
Chapter 11 - DNA and Genes
1. What is the central dogma?
2. What are the three kinds of RNA? What does each do?
3. What does a ribosome do?
4. What are the two parts of protein synthesis?
5. What happens during transcription (brief)
6. What are amino acids?
7. What is a codon?
8. What happens during translation (brief)