Objectives

At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

1. describe how recombinant DNA is produced using the Agrobacterium tumefaciens as a vector.

2. contrast traditional sexual hybridization methods to bioengineering methods for producing new varieties of plants.

3. explain the method and use of DNA fingerprinting using electrophoresis.

4. describe possible negative and positive effects of the use of bioengineered crops.

5. list some GM crops.

TERMS

plasmid electrophoresis transgenic

restriction enzyme vector genome

recombinant DNA DNA ligase clone

 GM Foods group work and discussion=10 pts.