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Genetic Engineering And Virus

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 49 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. He original host; where the virus lives until it moves to humans; usually only has mild symptoms






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






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






4. Things that can cause disease






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






6. What are the characteristics of living things?






7. What is recombinant DNA?






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






9. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






10. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






11. How are viruses classified?






12. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






13. A world wide break out of a disease






14. Are viruses living?






15. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






16. What is the virus structure?






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






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






19. Different types of nucleic acid






20. Outside protien coat of a virus






21. Another word for lysogenic






22. How can a communicable disease be passed?






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






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






25. A non living pathogen made of only protien






26. How do viruses cause disease?






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






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






29. A local outbreak of disease






30. Another word for lytic






31. Different shapes of a virus






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






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






34. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






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






36. What is a DNA fingerprint?






37. How a pathogen gets from host to host






38. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






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






40. Rejoining of DNA






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






42. A circular piece of single stranded RNA that can cause disease found in plants






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






44. What is another name for genetic engineering?






45. Creating DNA from RNA






46. Anything that causes disease






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






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






49. Genetically identical copy