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What are the 5 common food allergens?
Milk Wheat Soy Shellfish Peanut TERM 2
What are the standards to be Organic
Milk?
DEFINITION 2 Cant be treated with cow growth hormones Cant have been given antibiotics while in the herd The cows food cannot have been treated with pesticides or grown from genetically Modified seeds Cows in organic farming have to have access to a pasture TERM 3
Who regulates the rules for organic foods?
DEFINITION 3 USDA set of rules called the NOP(National Organic Program) that are then followed by private organizations that endorse Organic Products Such as Quality Assurance International (QAI) TERM 4
Pros of GMO's
DEFINITION 4 Increase food supply Better food quality Making crops disease resistant Contain extra Vitamins and minerals Fewer pesticides GMO's are safe for human consumption TERM 5
Cons Of GMO's
DEFINITION 5 Allergic Reactions Antibiotics features added Modified genes may escape There has not been enough testing of GMO's and no real long term testing
Who is Luther Burbank and what were his
contributions?
was a selective plant breeder his plants were Shasta Daisy Spineless Cactus Russet Burbank potato( helped fight potato blight in Ireland) TERM 7
What is Hybridization
DEFINITION 7 Crossing dissimilar organisms to bring the best out of both organisms TERM 8
What is inbreeding
DEFINITION 8 continued breeding of individuals with similar characteristics TERM 9
What are 2 methods used by breeders to
increase rate of mutation?
DEFINITION 9 Radiation Chemicals TERM 10
What are Polyploidy Plants
DEFINITION 10 Larger and stronger plants that have many sets of chromosomes
What is DNA extraction?
the cells are opened and the DNA is separated from the other cell parts TERM 17
What is Recombinant DNA
DEFINITION 17 Foreign DNA is joined to a small cellular DNA molecule in Bactria called a plasmid .And the desired trait is cut from the original organism by restriction enzymes.now the Recombinant DNA are now apart of a new bacterium. TERM 18
What are the plasmid 2
features
DEFINITION 18 Helps promote plasmid replication have gene marker
