Artificial Selection
Higher Biology
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Cellulase
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process by which only the organisms with the best features are chosen as the parents of the next generation.
process by which close relatives are bred with one another and prevented from mating at random.
enzyme which digests cellulose in plant cell walls.
process by which protoplasts from 2 species form a hybrid containing a mixture of traits.
enzyme used to cut DNA into fragments and open up bacterial plasmids.
enzyme used to seal a new gene into a bacterial plasmid.
plant cell consisting of cell membrane, cytoplasm and nucleus but lacking a cell wall.
condition shown by offspring from cross between 2 different inbred parental strains.
short length of single stranded DNA capable of binding to single-stranded DNA of required gene.
process by which genetic material from one organism is inserted into the genome of another.
process by which 1 variety is crossed with a different variety to produce offspring better than either parent.
single haploid set of chromosomes typical of a species.
Endonuclease
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process by which only the organisms with the best features are chosen as the parents of the next generation.
process by which close relatives are bred with one another and prevented from mating at random.
enzyme which digests cellulose in plant cell walls.
process by which protoplasts from 2 species form a hybrid containing a mixture of traits.
enzyme used to cut DNA into fragments and open up bacterial plasmids.
enzyme used to seal a new gene into a bacterial plasmid.
plant cell consisting of cell membrane, cytoplasm and nucleus but lacking a cell wall.
condition shown by offspring from cross between 2 different inbred parental strains.
short length of single stranded DNA capable of binding to single-stranded DNA of required gene.
process by which genetic material from one organism is inserted into the genome of another.
process by which 1 variety is crossed with a different variety to produce offspring better than either parent.
single haploid set of chromosomes typical of a species.
Gene probe
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process by which only the organisms with the best features are chosen as the parents of the next generation.
process by which close relatives are bred with one another and prevented from mating at random.
enzyme which digests cellulose in plant cell walls.
process by which protoplasts from 2 species form a hybrid containing a mixture of traits.
enzyme used to cut DNA into fragments and open up bacterial plasmids.
enzyme used to seal a new gene into a bacterial plasmid.
plant cell consisting of cell membrane, cytoplasm and nucleus but lacking a cell wall.
condition shown by offspring from cross between 2 different inbred parental strains.
short length of single stranded DNA capable of binding to single-stranded DNA of required gene.
process by which genetic material from one organism is inserted into the genome of another.
process by which 1 variety is crossed with a different variety to produce offspring better than either parent.
single haploid set of chromosomes typical of a species.
Genetic engineering
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process by which only the organisms with the best features are chosen as the parents of the next generation.
process by which close relatives are bred with one another and prevented from mating at random.
enzyme which digests cellulose in plant cell walls.
process by which protoplasts from 2 species form a hybrid containing a mixture of traits.
enzyme used to cut DNA into fragments and open up bacterial plasmids.
enzyme used to seal a new gene into a bacterial plasmid.
plant cell consisting of cell membrane, cytoplasm and nucleus but lacking a cell wall.
condition shown by offspring from cross between 2 different inbred parental strains.
short length of single stranded DNA capable of binding to single-stranded DNA of required gene.
process by which genetic material from one organism is inserted into the genome of another.
process by which 1 variety is crossed with a different variety to produce offspring better than either parent.
single haploid set of chromosomes typical of a species.
Genome
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process by which only the organisms with the best features are chosen as the parents of the next generation.
process by which close relatives are bred with one another and prevented from mating at random.
enzyme which digests cellulose in plant cell walls.
process by which protoplasts from 2 species form a hybrid containing a mixture of traits.
enzyme used to cut DNA into fragments and open up bacterial plasmids.
enzyme used to seal a new gene into a bacterial plasmid.
plant cell consisting of cell membrane, cytoplasm and nucleus but lacking a cell wall.
condition shown by offspring from cross between 2 different inbred parental strains.
short length of single stranded DNA capable of binding to single-stranded DNA of required gene.
process by which genetic material from one organism is inserted into the genome of another.
process by which 1 variety is crossed with a different variety to produce offspring better than either parent.
single haploid set of chromosomes typical of a species.
Hybrid vigour
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process by which only the organisms with the best features are chosen as the parents of the next generation.
process by which close relatives are bred with one another and prevented from mating at random.
enzyme which digests cellulose in plant cell walls.
process by which protoplasts from 2 species form a hybrid containing a mixture of traits.
enzyme used to cut DNA into fragments and open up bacterial plasmids.
enzyme used to seal a new gene into a bacterial plasmid.
plant cell consisting of cell membrane, cytoplasm and nucleus but lacking a cell wall.
condition shown by offspring from cross between 2 different inbred parental strains.
short length of single stranded DNA capable of binding to single-stranded DNA of required gene.
process by which genetic material from one organism is inserted into the genome of another.
process by which 1 variety is crossed with a different variety to produce offspring better than either parent.
single haploid set of chromosomes typical of a species.
Hybridisation
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process by which only the organisms with the best features are chosen as the parents of the next generation.
process by which close relatives are bred with one another and prevented from mating at random.
enzyme which digests cellulose in plant cell walls.
process by which protoplasts from 2 species form a hybrid containing a mixture of traits.
enzyme used to cut DNA into fragments and open up bacterial plasmids.
enzyme used to seal a new gene into a bacterial plasmid.
plant cell consisting of cell membrane, cytoplasm and nucleus but lacking a cell wall.
condition shown by offspring from cross between 2 different inbred parental strains.
short length of single stranded DNA capable of binding to single-stranded DNA of required gene.
process by which genetic material from one organism is inserted into the genome of another.
process by which 1 variety is crossed with a different variety to produce offspring better than either parent.
single haploid set of chromosomes typical of a species.
Inbreeding
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process by which only the organisms with the best features are chosen as the parents of the next generation.
process by which close relatives are bred with one another and prevented from mating at random.
enzyme which digests cellulose in plant cell walls.
process by which protoplasts from 2 species form a hybrid containing a mixture of traits.
enzyme used to cut DNA into fragments and open up bacterial plasmids.
enzyme used to seal a new gene into a bacterial plasmid.
plant cell consisting of cell membrane, cytoplasm and nucleus but lacking a cell wall.
condition shown by offspring from cross between 2 different inbred parental strains.
short length of single stranded DNA capable of binding to single-stranded DNA of required gene.
process by which genetic material from one organism is inserted into the genome of another.
process by which 1 variety is crossed with a different variety to produce offspring better than either parent.
single haploid set of chromosomes typical of a species.
Ligase
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process by which only the organisms with the best features are chosen as the parents of the next generation.
process by which close relatives are bred with one another and prevented from mating at random.
enzyme which digests cellulose in plant cell walls.
process by which protoplasts from 2 species form a hybrid containing a mixture of traits.
enzyme used to cut DNA into fragments and open up bacterial plasmids.
enzyme used to seal a new gene into a bacterial plasmid.
plant cell consisting of cell membrane, cytoplasm and nucleus but lacking a cell wall.
condition shown by offspring from cross between 2 different inbred parental strains.
short length of single stranded DNA capable of binding to single-stranded DNA of required gene.
process by which genetic material from one organism is inserted into the genome of another.
process by which 1 variety is crossed with a different variety to produce offspring better than either parent.
single haploid set of chromosomes typical of a species.
Protoplast
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process by which only the organisms with the best features are chosen as the parents of the next generation.
process by which close relatives are bred with one another and prevented from mating at random.
enzyme which digests cellulose in plant cell walls.
process by which protoplasts from 2 species form a hybrid containing a mixture of traits.
enzyme used to cut DNA into fragments and open up bacterial plasmids.
enzyme used to seal a new gene into a bacterial plasmid.
plant cell consisting of cell membrane, cytoplasm and nucleus but lacking a cell wall.
condition shown by offspring from cross between 2 different inbred parental strains.
short length of single stranded DNA capable of binding to single-stranded DNA of required gene.
process by which genetic material from one organism is inserted into the genome of another.
process by which 1 variety is crossed with a different variety to produce offspring better than either parent.
single haploid set of chromosomes typical of a species.
Selective breeding
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process by which only the organisms with the best features are chosen as the parents of the next generation.
process by which close relatives are bred with one another and prevented from mating at random.
enzyme which digests cellulose in plant cell walls.
process by which protoplasts from 2 species form a hybrid containing a mixture of traits.
enzyme used to cut DNA into fragments and open up bacterial plasmids.
enzyme used to seal a new gene into a bacterial plasmid.
plant cell consisting of cell membrane, cytoplasm and nucleus but lacking a cell wall.
condition shown by offspring from cross between 2 different inbred parental strains.
short length of single stranded DNA capable of binding to single-stranded DNA of required gene.
process by which genetic material from one organism is inserted into the genome of another.
process by which 1 variety is crossed with a different variety to produce offspring better than either parent.
single haploid set of chromosomes typical of a species.
Somatic fusion
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process by which only the organisms with the best features are chosen as the parents of the next generation.
process by which close relatives are bred with one another and prevented from mating at random.
enzyme which digests cellulose in plant cell walls.
process by which protoplasts from 2 species form a hybrid containing a mixture of traits.
enzyme used to cut DNA into fragments and open up bacterial plasmids.
enzyme used to seal a new gene into a bacterial plasmid.
plant cell consisting of cell membrane, cytoplasm and nucleus but lacking a cell wall.
condition shown by offspring from cross between 2 different inbred parental strains.
short length of single stranded DNA capable of binding to single-stranded DNA of required gene.
process by which genetic material from one organism is inserted into the genome of another.
process by which 1 variety is crossed with a different variety to produce offspring better than either parent.
single haploid set of chromosomes typical of a species.
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