All 3 Uses of
DNA
in
Fast Food Nation
- At the time Colorado was one of only six states with the capability to perform DNA tests on samples of E. coli 0157:H7.†
p. 194.5 *
- The DNA tests showed that at least ten people had been sickened by the same strain of the bug.†
p. 194.5
- When microorganisms are zapped with low levels of gamma rays or x-rays, they are not killed, but their DNA is disrupted, and they cannot reproduce.†
p. 217.5
Definition:
a microscopic part of an organism that has genetic information that determines inherited traits such as hair color or height (deoxyribonucleic acid)