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| is the use of organisms or their products to improve human health and food productions |
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| genes or pieces of DNA are taken from one organism and transferred to another organism. |
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| occurs when DNA from two different organisms join together |
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found in a bacterial cell
ring that contains DNA, that is used to insert human genes like insulin gene and the growth hormone gene |
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how bacteria (prokaryotic) reproduce
all the offspring are genetically identical |
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| Name the two things that genetic engineering are used to enhance. |
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| Describe plants that are genetically engineered. |
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| They are larger, grow faster, and they are disease resistant |
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| identical cells that are created from a single cell |
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| What is the main cloning concern? |
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| that scientists will try to clone a human being, which is illegal |
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| cells that can develop into a wide variety of cells, such as brain cells, red blood cells, and muscle cells |
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| What is the ultimate goal behind stem cell research? |
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| to grow new types of tissue such as heart or spinal cord, which can be damaged during a stroke. The ultimate goal is to some day be able to grow replacement parts from a person's very own cells. |
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| What is the main moral issue behind stem cells? |
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| harvesting stem cells from embryos. |
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| What is the Human Genome Project? |
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identify all of the approximately 30,000 - 40,000 genes in human DNA
determine the sequence of the 3 billion chemical base pairs that make up the human DNA |
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| How is the information gathered from the Human Genome project useful? |
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| to detect and treat abnormalities that lead to disease |
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| What is the main controversy behind the Human Genome Project? |
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| that parents will genetically select everything from eye color to intelligence for the offspring. |
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| What would be a reason why scientists would genetically engineer bacteria to produce human insulin? |
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| bacteria reproduce quickly |
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| What has to be removed from the donor egg during the cloning process? |
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| Genetic engineers utilize plasmids? what is a plasmid? |
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| a small, circular piece of DNA |
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