Artificial selection, Is the identification by humans of desirable traits in plants and animals, and the steps taken to enhance and perpetuate those traits in future generations., Induced mutagenesis, Technique that creates mutations using environmental chemicals or radiation., Gel electrophoresis, separate proteins in an electric field, according to their size and charge., In Vitro Fertilization, procedure whereby an egg is fertilized by sperm in a test tube or elsewhere outside the body., Cloning, Process of creating an genetically identical copy of a cell or organism, Genetic engineering, used to cut up and join together genetic material and especially DNA from one or more species of organism and to introduce the result into an organism in order to change one or more of its characteristics., Genetically modified organisms (GMO), Is made when a human inserts new DNA into an organism, DNA profiling, Is the process where a specific DNA pattern, is obtained from a person or sample of bodily tissue., PCR, Method used to make large numbers of copies of segments of DNA, Restriction enzyme, is a protein isolated from bacteria that cleaves DNA sequences at sequence-specific sites, producing DNA fragments with a known sequence at each end., Sticky ends, refers to the properties of the end of a molecule of DNA or a recombinant DNA molecule., DNA ligase, joins pieces of DNA together, Plasmids, Is a recombinant DNA, Transgenic organisms, = GMO, Nuclear transfer, injecting the nucleus which contains the DNA to be cloned., Surrogate, type of pregnancy in which a woman carries and gives birth to a baby for a person who is not able to have children., Stem cell, body's raw materials — cells from which all other cells with specialized functions are generated.

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