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What does GMO stand for?
Genetically Modified Organism
How is gene therapy different from GMOs?
Specific to curing diseases in humans.
This unit is all about artificial selection. What does "artificial" mean?
Artificial means made by humans; not naturally made
What is the oldest form of artificial selection: genetic modification, gene therapy, cloning or selective breading?
selective breeding
Fruits and vegetables today look exactly like they did thousands of years ago.
False
Editing which type of cells is prohibited in many countries, somatic or germline?
germline
CRISPR is 100% safe.
False
There have been successes in using gene therapy to cure genetic diseases.
True
Dolly the sheep was cloned in what year?
1996
Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua were cloned in what year?
December of 2017
There is a high success rate of implanting cloned embryos.
False
Cloning specific genes for medical research is possible.
True
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
Give an example of a GMO.
self-destructing mosquitoes, fishy tomato plants, most processed foods, Hawaiian papaya, fast-growing salmon
Selectively breeding chickens to lay 300 eggs per year has an impact on the chickens' health.
True
Cows selectively bred to produce a lot of milk have a shortened life span of about 25 years.
True
