Desired characteristic
What Desired characteristic means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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A particular genetic characteristic that humans choose parents to show, so that it becomes more common in later generations.
Appears as the organism grows and develops, for example pest resistance in a crop or insulin production in bacteria.
The wanted feature given when the recipient cell expresses the new gene, producing a protein.
Topics that use Desired characteristic
- Genetic engineering (AQA GCSE)
- Selective breeding (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Agricultural applications of genetic engineering
- Application of genetic engineering
- artificial selection
- Artificial selection by humans
- change in allele frequency over generations
- Disease resistance in crops
- Early stage of development
- Enzymes
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