DO NOW

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DO NOW

• Do you think you would have been happy in a world
  like Gattaca, where genetic engineering occurred?
• Would you genetically modify your children?
• Explain why or why not in at least 5 sentences.

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Videos

• Genetically Modified Foods
• Human Genetic Engineering

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Genetic Engineering Notes

• MCP 2012

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Changing the Living World

• Selective Breeding
• Choosing the best traits for breeding
• Most domestic animals are products of SB

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HORSES
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Even Cows, Sheep, Pigs
All Products of Selective Breeding (Artificial
Selection)
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Hybridization

• Crossing dissimilar individuals to bring together
  the best traits of both organisms
• Produces hybrids
• Hybrids can be different species crossed
  together or different types within the same
  species.

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Manipulating DNA

• How are changes made to DNA?
• Scientists use their knowledge of the structure
  of DNA its chemical properties to study
  change DNA molecules  
• This is GENETIC ENGINEERING

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Genetic engineering

• making changes in the DNA code of a living
  organism

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Transgenic Organisms

• Contains genes from other species
• Microorganisms (bacteria)
• Animals (mouse medical uses)
• Plants (agricultural uses)
• GM Crops discussed in video

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Gene causes these mice to glow in the dark.
Normally, the gene is found in jellyfish.
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Genetic manipulation can be used to grow new
tissue and organs likes an ear or heart
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BIOETHICS Write if you Agree or Disagree
1. I would use genetic engineering to remove a
harmful gene from my unborn child, such as the
gene that causes cystic fibrosis. 2. I would use
genetic engineering to remove an abnormal (but
not necessarily harmful) gene from my unborn
child such as the gene that causes dwarfism.
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3.  I would use genetic engineering to remove a
gene that is not desirable, such as the gene that
causes baldness. 4.  I would use genetic
engineering to change a gene in my unborn child,
such as their hair color or eye color. 5. I
would use genetic engineering to add a gene to my
child that is not human such as a gene from
another organism that could improve sight or
running ability.
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Results

• If you agree on all 5 you should be on FOR team
• If you disagree with at least 3 then you should
  be on the AGAINTS side
• Begin 10 sentence Reflection DUE MONDAY
• - explain why you are FOR or AGAINTS
  genetic engineering.
• - Remember Gattaca, a world where genetic
  engineering occurred to the extreme