Artificial selection and epigenetics

Question 1

Artificial selection

Answer 1

: the process by which humans choose individual organisms with certain phenotypic trait values for breeding

Question 2

GMO - genetically modified organism

Answer 2

plants, animals, or microbes that have had their DNA changed using genetic engineering techniques

Question 3

Cisgenic

Answer 3

using the DNA from the same species

Question 4

Transgenic

Answer 4

DNA from a different species

Question 5

Why is GMOs controversial

Answer 5

unsafe, unnatural

Question 6

examples of GMO

Answer 6

Corn, Watermelon, Potatoes, banana

Question 7

epigenetics

Answer 7

changes in genes (not mutations) due to environment (turned on/ off)

Question 8

Natural Selection

Answer 8

genes change due to survival and resources

Question 9

Sexual Selection

Answer 9

Genes are changing from reproduction

Question 10

How does natural selection lead to adaptation

Answer 10

traits that can be passed down allow organisms to adapt to the environment better than other organisms of the same species.

Question 11

examples of natural selection

Answer 11

evolving long necks has enabled giraffes to feed on leaves that others can’t reach, giving them a competitive advantage