Genetic Engineering

Genetic Engineering

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The process of selecting organisms with desired traits to be the parents of the next generation is known an

breeding.

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Golden retriever puppies are an example of

• inbreeding

• hybridization

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Labrodoodles are examples of

• inbreeding

• hybridization

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Cloning can happen naturally

• True

• False

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Check all the reasons a farmer might create GMO's

• Save Money

• Increase shelf-life of produce

• Make plants resistant to pesticides

• Produce bad crops

• Poison people

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Golden rice helped with a deficiency of vitamin

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The first GMO released to the in the U.S. was a?

• Potato

• Carrot

• Tomato

• Bell Pepper

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How many "mothers" were used to clone Dolly?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Cloning could be used to repopulate extinct species.

• True

• False

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Human genes can be placed into a plasmid, which is known as __________DNA. This is then placed into bacteria to grow rapidly allowing mass production of medication like insulin.

• mDNA

• Replacement

• Dual

• Recombinant

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The COVID-19 vaccine involves a mailman known as messenger RNA or

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The vaccine produces a protein that is also found in the virus. This prepares your immune system with _____________and T-cells to recognize that protein and attack it if COVID-19 enters your system

• antigens

• antibodies

• B-cells

• pathogens

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__________ ____________ is replacing defective genes with effective genes. This technique could possibly treat things like Parkinson's disease.

• Genetic Replacement

• Gene Therapy

• Genetic Displacement

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_____________ Technique that can allow a protein to recognize a certain sequence of DNA and cut it.

• KRISPY

• CRISPR

Open Ended

Do you think it is ethical to clone human embryos? Why or why not?