Genetic Engineering

Introduction Genetic engineering is actually a very new branch or science, and is still in its developing stage. It is said to have first begun when an English scientist saw the cell walls of cork through a microscope in 1655. That spawned an interest in microbiology, which eventually formed the branch that I’m experimenting in. As we began peering into the innermost reaches of the cell, we began to notice certain patterns of reproduction. Before …

…slowly. The colony in Dish 2 was always much thicker than Dish 1. Conclusion The yeast in the agar with the added DNA chemicals grew faster. This proves that these nutrients allow cell division to occur more rapidly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Bibliography Ewing, William; Inside Information: Imaging the Human Body, Simon and Schuster, 1996 Grace, Eric; Biotechnology Unzipped, Joseph Henry Press 1997 Starr, Cecie and Taggart, Ralph; Cell Biology and Genetics, Wadsworth Publishing Co. 1998 www.finkbeiner.com/scientific/DNA.html