Genetics

• Genetics is the study of heredity and genes
• Gregor Johann Mendel worked with pea plants in his genetic experiments
• Biotechnology involves using living organisms to change or incorporate specific traits into another organism
• Biotechnology applies scientific principles to biological processes and involves manipulating biological processes
• DNA is the blueprint of life
• Genetic engineering is the process of using recombined DNA to alter the genetic makeup of an organism
• Genetic Engineering involves removing or adding genes into another organism
• Recombinant DNA is genetic material from multiple sources
• Recipient organism genes

  transgenic or modified-human by controlling bread and controlling breed and selecting offspring with desired traits.
• Classical breeding


  used deliberate interbreeding of closely or distantly related individuals to produce varieties with desirable properties
• Genetic engineering allows for changing the nature of living beings to create more food, design new materials, cure diseases, and improve lives
• Diabetes is a disease where blood sugar levels are either too low or too high
• Insulin helps glucose enter cells to provide energy
• There are two types of diabetes: Type 1 (does not produce insulin) and Type 2 (does not respond to insulin)
• Taxonomy:

  • Classifying, organizing, identifying species
  • Carolus Linnaeus formalized binomial nomenclature
  • Father of Modern Taxonomy
  • Domain, Kingdom, Phylum/Division, Class, Order, Genus, Species, Family