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Selective Breeding
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allow animals with desired features to breed
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Hybridization
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crossing similar individulas to bring together the best of both organisms
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Hybrids
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individuals produced through hybridization
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Inbreeding
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continued breeding of individulas with similar characteristics
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Polyploidy
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many sets of chromosomes (makes plants heartier)
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PCR (polymerase chain reaction)
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technique that allows molecular biologists to make many copies of particular gene
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Restriction enzyme
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enzyme that cuts DNA at a specifice sequences of Bucleotides
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Tansformation
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a cells takes in DNA from outside the cell and the DNA becomes part of the cell's DNA, transforning the cell
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Plasmid
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circular DNA molecule found in bacteria
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