Integrative Biology 102: Lecture Outline
Using genes: Genetic Engineering
Lecture Objectives:
1. By the end of the lecture, you should be able to: define the term totipotency
and explain how this characteristic of plants is used in new technology;
2. compare the genetic engineering with traditional plant propagation and
breeding methods.
3. explain the universality of the genetic code and its importance to genetic
engineering.
4. explain, with the use of a diagram, recombinant DNA techniques of moving
desired genes from an organism to the expression of the trait in a plant.
5. discuss the limitations of the genetic engineering.
6. explain how previously unexpressed genes may be expressed through
transgenomics.
Reading: Ch. 15.1-15.4
Terms
recombinant DNA
plasmid
cloning
transgenic
GMO
restriction enzyme
transformation
vector
Agrobacterium tumefaciens
ligase
genetic engineering
selective breeding
gene gun
1. New Technology vs. Traditional Breeding Program
o Common Goal
