Crossword Puzzel
Across
- 3. crop: an agricultural crop that is genetically engineered to produce a pharmaceutical product, such as a vaccine or drug
- 4. resource: naturally occurring genetic materials that can be used to modify the genetic makeup of an organism
- 8. the transfer of pollen from the flower of one plant to flowers of a different plant
- 11. the cultivation of the same crop in the same field each year without any crop rotation
- 12. capable of living, developing, or germinating under favorable conditions
- 14. an enzyme that can be used to join DNA segments together
- 15. the genetic alteration of a cell resulting from the introduction, uptake, and expression of foreign DNA
- 17. referring to biological, medical, and physical sciences and related activities
- 20. enzyme: an enzyme that is used to cut DNA
Down
- 1. a medical preparation given to produce or increase immunity to particular disease
- 2. a type of fuel produced by bacteria
- 5. an energy source derived from biomass, such as plants, or from metabolic byproducts, such as animal manure
- 6. breeding: the process of breeding specific individual animals or plants to augment one or more desired traits
- 7. a medicinal drug
- 8. the parts of something, such as a system
- 9. a circular or linear strand of bacterial DNA often used by genetic engineers as a carrier of DNA
- 10. DNA technology: the manipulation of DNA segments in the laboratory to form "new" organisms
- 13. the makeup of a system including the mixture of components and relative numbers of those components
- 16. individuals, groups, or organizations that have an interest in, or concern about, a particular action or decision
- 18. organism: an animal, plant, or bacterium that contains DNA from another species, based on rDNA technology
- 19. gene: a gene inside bacterium, responsible for pro ducting a toxin that kills common corn pests