Genetic Engineering Direct manipulation of an organism’s genes.

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GENETIC ENGINEERING

Transcript of Genetic Engineering Direct manipulation of an organism’s genes.

GENETIC ENGINEERING

Genetic Engineering

Direct manipulation of an organism’s genes

Cloning

Cloning

Different types

Reproductive Cloning Used to create

animals that have the same nuclear DNA as a current or existing animal

Dolly

Therapeutic Cloning

Stem Cells

Found in multi-cellular organisms

Have the ability to divide (mitosis) and differentiate into various types of cells

Could be used to grow tissue to be used by humans

Transgenic Animals

Carries a gene from another organism

Usually implanted into stem cells

DNA Fingerprinting

Sorts DNA fragments by size

Used to compare DNA for crimes/forensic science and paternity tests

Hybrids

Wholphin(False Killer Whale/Dolphin)

Zorse(Zebra/Horse)

Hybrids

Zonkey

(Zebra/Donkey)

Liger

(Tiger (mom) /Lion (Dad))

Genetically Modified Food

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/harvest/