The ________ is transcribed into a long pre- crRNA.
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Cas proteins
________ are enzymes (more precisely, endonucleases) that serve to cut DNA that is complementary to a crRNA.
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Metagenomics
________ is the only way to get a good handle on types of microbes present in an environment.
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Synthetic biology pursues
________ knowledge by building biological systems and discovering what properties they demonstrate.
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Polymerase chain reaction
________ (PCR) provided a quicker way to clone DNAs.
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Transposable elements
________ are DNA segments that can move from one place to another within the genome.
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Biologists
________ use the term transcriptome in referring to the complete set of RNA molecules that have been transcribed in a particular cell, and proteome in referring to the complete set of proteins that are produced.
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Gene therapy
________ is any approach to treating or curing disease that involves modifications of the genome.
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Biotechnology
________ is the engineering of genes, cells, and organisms for basic research as well as practical purposes.
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Bioinformatics
________ is a field that fuses mathematics, computer science, and biology to manage and analyze sequence data.
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Cells
________ that take up DNA from the environment and incorporate it into their genomes are said to undergo transformation.
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method
The first ________ for sequencing DNA that came into widespread use is called dideoxy sequencing.
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Single nucleotide polymorphism
________ (SNP) is a site in DNA that varies at a single base pair.
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Systems biology
________ seeks knowledge of how the network of interactions between the individual parts of a biological system lead to properties of life.
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animal model
A(n) ________ is a laboratory animal with disease symptoms that parallel those of a human disease.
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shotgun sequencing
In ________, many copies of a genome are broken up randomly into a set of fragments of various sizes.
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complementary DNA
A crRNA binds to the ________ sequence of an invading virus, but it doesn't act alone.
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DNA cloning
One of the most basic requirements of recombinant DNA technology is the ability to produce many copies of a gene or other DNA sequence of interest, a process referred to as
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