Bailey+Eich

= Part 1﻿ =

Gene Cloning
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 * 1) Biologists take a certain favorable DNA code and construct it to work with a plasmid. After the favorable code is turned, they can replicate it as many times as they like.
 * 2) The DNA from an organism is transferred to this self-replicating bacterial plasmid.This plasmid is a circular, double-stranded DNA molecule that is replicated separately from the bacterial chromosome. This vector can then carry the fragment to the host and start cloning.
 * 3) This can make many copies of one particular gene.
 * 4) I found that the cloning can be used to improve life for some humans. Biologists can take that favorable gene and insert it into a person who does not have that gene or code.
 * 5) DNA cloning is a good thing if it can improve or save lives. Just like giving someone a new heart or liver this can give people another chance at life.

Nucleic Acid Hybridization

 * 1) Nucleic acid hybridization is combining two complementary strands in a non-covalent bond. This can happen for DNA-DNA DNA-RNA or RNA-RNA.
 * 2) The hybrids are heated to break the hydrogen bonds between nucleic bases after the strands are separate. The process is repeated to be a longer strand that can be made into a polymerase chain reaction.
 * 3) The process can help find a certain gene in a strand.
 * 4) Nucleic acid can be used to find a gene like in testing