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- 1. A specific characteristic in a living organism, using a plant or animal.
- 6. Selective breeding is the process of selecting parents with desirable traits to breed together in order to produce offspring with more desirable qualities.
- 7. Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) is an organic compound made of a sugar (deoxyribose), phosphate, and a nitrogenous base that contains genetic instructions used by cells to make proteins.
- 8. The process of creating an identical copy of an original adult species.
- 10. (GMO) A living organism whose DNA has been altered or changed through genetic engineering.
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- 2. Artificial Selection is the selection of desirable traits in plants and animals.
- 3. Genetic Engineering is a process used to change the genes of a living organism.
- 4. Agricultural biotechnology is used to increase crop production, create GMO crops resistant to pests, drought, or weather conditions, produce food with higher proteins or vitamin content, develop and produce plants that contain vaccines or can be used for medical purposes to treat disease.
- 5. Scientists who work with people to teach them more about nutrition and health. They study vitamins and minerals that people need in order to be healthy.
- 9. Genes are tiny strands of sequences that carry information about an organism