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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
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  • Answer 49 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A circular piece of single stranded RNA that can cause disease found in plants






2. What is a DNA fingerprint?






3. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






4. Are viruses living?






5. Different types of nucleic acid






6. Virus that infects its host and stars reproducing right away making the host sick quickly






7. He original host; where the virus lives until it moves to humans; usually only has mild symptoms






8. Normal body protein that has changed its 3d shape only - it has no DNA and can cause disease






9. Type of disease caused by a pathogen (virus - bacteria - etc.) damaging cells in the body






10. What is recombinant DNA?






11. Genetically identical copy






12. A local outbreak of disease






13. Outside protien coat of a virus






14. A world wide break out of a disease






15. Another word for lytic






16. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






17. An organism in which the pathogen lives and causes disease






18. Figuring out the order of the letters in a strand of DNA






19. Rod and sphere refers to the different ______ a virus can be...






20. How can a genetic disease be passed...






21. A living organism like an animal or insect that carries a pathogen from host to host






22. Rejoining of DNA






23. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






24. Creating DNA from RNA






25. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






26. Things that can cause disease






27. How do viruses cause disease?






28. A type of disease caused a problem with someone's DNA that leads to a miss a malfunctioning protein






29. DNA that is made from pieces of DNA from 2 different organisms






30. Layer of protein surrounding the nucleic acid in a virus






31. A non - living pathogen made of nucleic acid and protein






32. What is the procedure for taking a piece of DNA form one organism and putting it into another?






33. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






34. Something that carries a piece of DNA or pathogen but is not affected by them






35. How a pathogen gets from host to host






36. What are the characteristics of living things?






37. Virus that pauses one it gets inside the cell and can lay dormant for days or years






38. What is another name for genetic engineering?






39. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






40. How a pathogen gets from its reservoir to its host






41. How can a communicable disease be passed?






42. What is the use of a host for a virus?






43. Different shapes of a virus






44. What is the virus structure?






45. Anything that causes disease






46. Another word for lysogenic






47. How are viruses classified?






48. Why is it harder to genetically engineer a plant?






49. A non living pathogen made of only protien