Thursday, February 9, 2012

Definitions and Labs

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/labs/gel/
* this is a lab about gel electrophoesis
Gel electrophoesis is looking at the molecules that create DNA and sort DNA according to length.
Gene Splicing is cutting of the DNA of a gene to add base pairs.
Inheritable gene modification is changing the genes of future generations. These genes would be changed in the eggs and sperm, or early embryos . It has not been tested on humans, there could be terrible consequences. It could, in the future, alter the entire human species.

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