Biotechnology — Class 12 Maharashtra HSC Biology revision notes
A 9-page visual revision sheet for Biotechnology, written for Class 12 Maharashtra HSC Biology. Formulas, diagrams and the traps that cost marks, laid out to be read the night before rather than the term before. Free, and it opens inside CapCompass.
What this Biotechnology sheet covers
- Biotechnology: Old and New
- Genetic engineering vs Chemical (bioprocess) engineering
- Genetic engineering
- Chemical engineering
- Restriction Enzymes: the molecular scissors
- Blunt ends vs Sticky (cohesive) ends
- Blunt ends
- Sticky ends
- Cloning Vectors
- Insertional Inactivation: reading the plate
- The rDNA technology pipeline
- Isolate DNA
- Cut with RE
- Ligate
- Transform host
- Select & multiply
- PCR: amplifying DNA outside a cell
- One PCR cycle, three steps
- Denaturation
- Annealing
- Extension
- Copies after 25 PCR cycles
- Gel Electrophoresis
- Gene Libraries
- Getting DNA into a host cell
- Recombinant Human Insulin
- Human proteins from rDNA technology
- Gene Therapy
- Gene delivery: ex vivo vs in vivo
- Ex vivo
- In vivo
- GMOs and Transgenic Plants
- Transgenic Animals, by Purpose
- Transgenic mouse
- Transgenic cow
- Transgenic sheep
- Transgenic pig
- Bioethics, Biopatent and Biopiracy
- Biopiracy, Three Indian Cases
- Neem
- Basmati
- Haldi (turmeric)
- Traps that cost marks
- Tricks that save time
How CapCompass uses this sheet
These notes are not a standalone PDF. CapCompass plans Biology chapter by chapter against your real exam dates and free hours, and when the plan reaches Biotechnology the sheet opens inside the study block itself — at the page covering the sub-topic that block is on, with the timer still running. Revision arrives at the moment the plan says revise, instead of having to be gone looking for.
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- Ecosystems and Energy Flow
- Enhancement of Food Production
- Human Health and Diseases
- Inheritance and Variation
- Molecular Basis of Inheritance
- Organisms and Populations
- Origin and Evolution of Life
- Plant Growth and Mineral Nutrition
- Plant Water Relation
- Reproduction in Lower and Higher Animals
- Reproduction in Lower and Higher Plants
- Respiration and Circulation