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| In 1953, who unveiled their model of the DNA double helix and ignited a global blaze of optimism about genetic research? |
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| James Watson and Francis Crick |
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| In 1972, who was the first to made recombinant DNA? |
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| In 1977, who developed a method for determining the nucleotide sequence of cloned DNA fragments? |
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| Allan Maxam, Walter Gilbert, Fred Sanger |
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| What is all the DNA in a haploid number of chromosomes? |
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| In what year did several independent organizations launch their own versions of the Human Genome Project? |
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| Who started a human genome company and declared that their company would not only sequence the human genome, it would also patent the genome? |
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| In early 1988, the NIH effectively annexed the entire Human Genome Project by hiring who has its head and providing researchers with 200 million dollars per year? |
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| After Watson resigned in 1992 because of a disagreement with the NIH about patenting partial gene sequences who replaced him in 1993? |
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| Who started Celera Genomics in 1998? |
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| When was sequencing of the human genome officially completed? |
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| 2003- 50 years after the discovery of DNA structure |
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| What is a DNA molecule that contains genetic material from more than one organism? |
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| What percent of the coding regions in human DNA have been deciphered with a high degree of accuracy? |
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| In 1970 who studied the viral infection of Haemophilus influenzae and isolated the first restriction enzyme? |
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| What is a protein that recognizes and cuts specific sequences of nucleotides in double-stranded DNA? |
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| What repairs enzymes that join breaks in DNA molecules; connects new DNA fragments during replication? |
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| What is a small circle of extra DNA with just a few genes? |
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| What is a modified plasmid that accepts foreign DNA and slips into a host bacteria, yeast, or some other cell? |
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| What does chromosomal DNA usually contain? |
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| What is a viral enzyme that uses the mRNA as a template? |
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| What is a collection of bacterial cells that house different cloned fragments of DNA? |
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| What are the cloned fragments of an entire genome? |
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| What is derived from mRNA? |
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| What is a short stretch of DNA labeled with a radioisotope (or sometimes a pigment), may be used to find a one-in-a-million clone? |
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| What is base-pairing between DNA (or RNA) from more than one source? |
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| Nucleic acid hybridization |
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| What is a short stretch of nucleotides? |
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| What is a method that rapidly amplifies the number of specific DNA fragments? |
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| PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) |
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| What are synthetic nucleotide oligomers, usually between ten and thirty bases long? |
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| What is a unique array of DNA sequences inherited in a Mendelian pattern from parents? |
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| More than what percent of DNA is the same in all humans? |
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| What are many copies of the same short DNA sequences, positioned one after the other along the length of a chromosome? |
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| What is it called when molecules that migrate through a gel matrix in response to an electric force become separated by size and charge? |
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| How many innocent people have been freed due to DNA fingerprinting? |
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| What is a robotic method of determining the nucleotide sequence of a region of DNA? |
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| What is the process of changing the genetic makeup of an organism, often with intent to alter one or more aspects of phenotype? |
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| What is an organism into which DNA from another species has been inserted? |
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| What is transferring an organ from one species to another? |
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| What is the study of genes and gene function in humans and other organisms? |
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| Which branch of genomics deals with the actual mapping and sequencing of genomes of individuals? |
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| Which branch of genomics deals with finding evolutionary relationships among groups of organisms? |
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| What is the transfer of one or more normal or modified genes into a person's body cells to correct a genetic defect or boost resistance to disease? |
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