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| allowing only those animals with desired characteristics to produce the next generation (e.g. dogs) |
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| crossing dissimilar individuals to bring together the best of both organisms |
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| the continued breeding of individuals with similar characteristics |
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| making changes in the DNA code of a living organism |
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| cut DNA at a specific sequence of nucleotides |
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| a procedure to separate and analyze DNA fragments |
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| DNA produced by combining DNA from different sources |
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| polymerase chain reaction (PCR) |
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| technique that allows molecular biologists to make many copies of a gene |
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| small circular piece of DNA |
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| a gene that makes it possible to distinguish bacteria that carry the plasmid from those that don't |
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| contains genes from other species |
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| a member of a population of genetically identical cells produced from one single cell |
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