DNA Technology Homework Terms

Heat-stable DNA polymerase

Taq

Group of many highly variable repeat regions that are used to identify an individual

DNA fingerprint

Separating the DNA strands

Denaturation

Binding primers to ssDNA

Annealing

Synthesizing DNA

Elongation

Locus with high variability in the number of repeats in each individual

STR

Separates DNA strands of different lengths

Gel electrophoresis

Using DNA technologies to bring back extinct species

De-extinction

Combining two sources of DNA together

Recombinant DNA

Makes many copies of a small DNA fragment

PCR

Sequences pieces of DNA through small holes in a membrane with electrical current

Nanopore

Tailors treatment to an individual’s genetic makeup

Personalized medicine

Database of 20 highly variable DNA regions

CODIS

Moving a plasmid into bacterial cells

Transformation

Deletes and replaces DNA in a living organism

CRISPR

Treats everyone with the same symptoms the same way

Traditional medicine

Detects sequence presence through hybridization on a chip

Microarray

the set of all mRNA molecules produced by a particular cell or tissue type or organism at a particular time

transcriptome

the set of all proteins produced by a particular cell or tissue type or organism at a particular time

proteome

the complete DNA sequence of an individual

genome