Genetics Ch21

In biotechnology, what is used to benefit humans? -Computer generated organisms -Living organisms -Dead organisms -Materials produced by living organisms

-Materials produced by living organisms -Living organisms

What practice, in use prior to the advent of molecular genetics, is considered a biotechnology application?

Domesticating plants and animals for the production of food

What is introduced into animals or plants to create a genetically modified organism?

Genetic material

What organisms are commonly used to benefit humans via the production of medicines, food fermentation, biological control, and bioremediation?

Microorganisms

The domestication of plants and animals for food is an application of __________

biotechnology

The use of living organisms or the materials they produce in the development of goods or processes that are beneficial to humans is called __________

biotechnology

A gene from one species that is introduced into another species is called a(n) __________

transgene