Give some examples of ways that genetic engineers and agricultural scientists have improved our lives.
Gene augmentation therapy is being used to treat recessive disorders [ADA deficiency]; there are technical problems remaining before it can be widely used for cancer, aging, and so on.
What is a gene?
independent genetic units (DNA segments) that carry the genetic code
dictate the production of enzymes and other molecules which in turn dictate the structure and function of the cell
What is the difference between chromatin and chromosomes?
˜Genes are active in the chromatin (strand) form and inactive when DNA is in the chromosome (compact) form
Each gene contains a genetic code _____ that the cell ___ to ______; each ____ then moves to a ribosome where the code is then ______ to a specific protein.