GMOs

All are organisms have we been selectively breeding for hundreds or thousands of years except....

• Pets

• Bacteria 

• Plants

• Humans

What is this picture showing?

¿Qué muestra esta imagen?

• a giraffe DNA "engineered" or modified into a human

  un ADN de jirafa "diseñado" o modificado en un ser humano

• plant DNA "engineered" or modified into a sheep

  ADN vegetal "diseñado" o modificado en una oveja
   
   

How many types of DNA does a Bacteria have?

• 1 Circular piece of DNA

• Many small pieces called plasmids

• DNA has 1 main circular piece of DNA and many smaller circular non related DNA fragments called plasmids

When genes have been cut out and have been added back to the plasmid the process is called Gene Splicing.  What is considered to be the genetic scissors that is responsible for making the cuts and sticky ends?

• The Bacteria cell

• The Human DNA

• The Restriction Enzyme 

What makes the copies of genes needed to make more insulin genes?

• Geneticists

• Bacteria

What gene is taken from the spider and inserted into the goat's DNA?

 

• spider silk (web material)

   

• venom 

   

• Spider senses

What does adding a glow in the dark gene to these organisms do?

• to Become really cool after dark

• Highlight the parts that are problematic in the organism that is being treated or being examined for disease.

• The gene fixes Cancer, Parkinson's disease and broken spinal cords.

What are ways that crops (food) are genetically modified?

 

• to make crops more nutritious

   

• To be more disease resistant

• To be more pest resistant

• All of the above.