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| bacterial enzymes that cut DNA |
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| they seal the nicks in DNA which yields recombinant DNA |
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any molecule consisting of base sequences from two or more organisms of the same or different species |
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| - a small circle of extra DNA with just a few genes |
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| a plasmid that has accepted foreign DNA and can slip into a host bacterium |
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| one viral enzyme that can catalyze the bonding of free nucleotides into one strand of complimentary DNA |
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a collection of host cells that house different cloned DNA fragments |
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short stretches of complimentary DNA |
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| Nucleic acid hybridization |
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| any base paring between DNA |
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| - a short stretch of synthetic single stranded DNA |
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polymerase chain reaction……. Uses primers and a heat tolerant polymerase for a hot cold sequenced reaction that replicates targeted DNA fragments |
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- reveals DNA sequences much faster than any other method could ever dream of doing |
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- a technique that sorts fragments as they pass through a semi solid slab in respone to an electrical field |
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| - a special sequence of Dna that is inherited from the parents in a mendelian pattern |
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| - copies of the same gene sequence one right after another along the DNA |
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| research into genomes of humans and other species |
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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 a disease |
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micro arrays of thousands of gene sequences representing a large subset of an entire genome |
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storage facilities with all kinds of seed just in case a disaster happens so we don’t lose any plants |
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| transferring an organ from one species to another |
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| the study of patterns in the geographic distribution of individual species |
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| the study of body plans and structures among groups of organisms |
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DINOSAURS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
any fosilized organism, where the body is transformed into stone esentially |
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| the therory that upon every disaster a small group is tasked with re-populating the species |
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| the idea that gradual repetitive change had shaped earth |
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| a slow process that occurs when an organism dies, and then is covered by ash or sediment and pressure creates a stoney hard set of remains that outline the organism |
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| the formation of sedimentary rock layers |
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| a way of determining proportions of a daughter isotope and the parent radioisotope of surrounding rock and with the knowledge of the halflife of the isotope you can determine the age of the item in question |
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| the time it takes for half of an ammount of a radioactive isotope to decay |
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| a chronology of earths rock layers |
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| major patterns, trends, and rates of change among lineages |
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| the supercontinent, when all of the continents were fused together (also sounds like the title to an adventure film) |
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| the therory of continental drift, that the continents move |
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| the supercontinent that existed before pangea |
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| similar structures that came from na common ancestor |
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| change from the body form of the common ancestor |
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| morphological convergence |
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| when dissimilar body parts evolve similarly |
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| when different animal groups devolop to solve a common issue |
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| nucleic acid hybridization |
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| base paring between DNA strands from different sources |
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| the therory that evolution occurs according to a series of ticks |
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