GMOs cid 127 Golden rice engineered to synthesize beta carotene Vitamin A and other vitamins that humans cannot make Bacteria have free floating DNA plasmid bacteria enters plant cell and transfers the plasmid Plasmid has tumor inducing gene and causes uncontrolled cell growth in plants by removing the tumor inducing gene and replacing it with genes for 3 enzymes carotene can be synthesized Artificial Selection vs Genetic Modification cid 127 What makes genetic modification possible Plasmids Control regions in DNA Knowledge of genetic code Hydrogen bonding is weak and can separate easily TATA box Transmission Genetics to Molecular Genetics Transmission genetics is inheritance patterns cid 127 Molecular genetics is the structure and regulation of genes Chromosomes are mostly proteins which serve as packing for DNA DNA wraps around histone protein to make chromosomes Phosphodiester bonds link deoxyribonucleotides Phosphate connects to sugar to make backbone Number of hydrogen bonds differs between complementary base pairs cid 127 G c makes 3 A T makes 2 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127 cid 127
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