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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. How a pathogen gets from host to host






2. Different types of nucleic acid






3. Anything that causes disease






4. What is a DNA fingerprint?






5. A non living pathogen made of only protien






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






7. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






8. Rejoining of DNA






9. How are viruses classified?






10. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






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






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






13. What is the virus structure?






14. Creating DNA from RNA






15. What is another name for genetic engineering?






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






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






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






19. Another word for lytic






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






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






22. Things that can cause disease






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






24. How do viruses cause disease?






25. Outside protien coat of a virus






26. What are the characteristics of living things?






27. Genetically identical copy






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






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






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






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






32. What is recombinant DNA?






33. Different shapes of a virus






34. How can a communicable disease be passed?






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






36. A local outbreak of disease






37. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






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






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






40. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






41. A world wide break out of a disease






42. Another word for lysogenic






43. Are viruses living?






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






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






46. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






47. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






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






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