Genetic engineering- SAQs.docx

[Questions:] What is genetic engineering? Genetic engineering is the artificial alteration of a gene. List the steps of genetic engineering. Isolation, Cutting, Ligation, Transformation, Cloning, Expression What is a use of genetic engineering in plants? Some crop plants have a bacterial gene...

[Questions:] What is genetic engineering? Genetic engineering is the artificial alteration of a gene. List the steps of genetic engineering. Isolation, Cutting, Ligation, Transformation, Cloning, Expression What is a use of genetic engineering in plants? Some crop plants have a bacterial gene that make them resistant to weed killer What is a use of genetic engineering in animals? A human gene can be inserted into sheep DNA which allows the sheep to produce a protein to treat emphysema in their milk What is a use of genetic engineering in micro-organisms? Inserting the gene for human insulin into a bacteria. The bacteria then produce large quantities of insulin.