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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. Why is it harder to genetically engineer a plant?






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






3. Explain the application of application of genetic engineering






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






5. Why is bacteria used to clone genes?






6. A non living pathogen made only of DNA






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






8. How can a communicable disease be passed?






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






10. A local outbreak of disease






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






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






13. Another word for lytic






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






15. A non living pathogen made of only protien






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






17. How are viruses classified?






18. Different shapes of a virus






19. An organism that has recombinant DNA that functions






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






21. A worldwide outbreak of a disease






22. Things that can cause disease






23. What is another name for genetic engineering?






24. Outside protien coat of a virus






25. Possible extra outside coat on a virus






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






27. Different types of nucleic acid






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






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






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






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






32. A world wide break out of a disease






33. Another word for lysogenic






34. What are the characteristics of living things?






35. What is the virus structure?






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






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






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






39. Genetically identical copy






40. What is a DNA fingerprint?






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






42. What is recombinant DNA?






43. How do viruses cause disease?






44. Creating DNA from RNA






45. Anything that causes disease






46. How a pathogen gets from host to host






47. Rejoining of DNA






48. Are viruses living?






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