Cows selectively bred to produce a lot of milk have a shortened life span of about 25 years.
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Golden rice has genes from corn inserted into it to give the rice vitamins. Golden rice is an example of which of the following: a clone, a GMO, a genetic disease, a selectively bred plant?
a GMO
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Which artificial selection technology created all the dog breeds of today?
Selective Breeding
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What do scientist use to "infect" or penetrate cells with the desired genes?
vectors, viruses without the viral load
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The panama disease affected what organism?
bananas
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How is gene therapy different from GMOs?
Specific to curing diseases in humans.
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Editing which type of cells is prohibited in many countries, somatic or germline?
germline
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CRISPR is 100% safe.
False
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This unit is all about artificial selection. What does "artificial" mean?
Artificial means made by humans; not naturally made
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There is a high success rate of implanting cloned embryos.
False
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Selectively breeding chickens to lay 300 eggs per year has an impact on the chickens' health.
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There have been successes in using gene therapy to cure genetic diseases.