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DNA

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Large (polymer) molecule found in the nucleus of all body cells – it’s sequence determines genetic characteristics, such as eyecolour, and gives each one of us are unique genetic code

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Chromosomes

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Threadlike structures in the cell nucleus that carry genetic information – each chromosome consists of DNA wound around a core of protein

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What are DNA strands made of

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Bases as well as phosphate groups and sugar molecules

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Where are chromosomes found

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In the nucleus

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How many genes do we have in our chromosomes

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Between 20,000 and 25,000 genes in our chromosomes

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Why does the order of the bases in DNA strand matter

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It determines the order of amino acid’s in a protein

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Which Groups do proteins falling into

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  • functional proteins

* structural proteins

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Structural protein

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A protein, such as collagen, whose function is to build tissues

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Functional protein

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A protein such as an enzyme that speeds up a chemical reaction

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What does the human Genome project do

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Has identified the location of all the jeans on human chromosomes. We call the complete gene set of an organism it’s genome

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What does the Human Genome project help us to understand

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How do you control or characteristics and development, and can lead to certain diseases

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What is the Human Genome project ethical implications

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some drug companies want to patent or own jeans. They could then charge of a scientist money to this get the genes, which would restrict research

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What factors are controlled by our genes

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  • Characteristics, for example dimples
  • environment for example the presence of scars and dyes hair
  • or a combination of these are bodyweight
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Where do our genes come from

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We inherit dreams from my parents, so we’re similar but not identical to each parent

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Variation

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Differences between individuals belonging to the same species

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What does differences in genes produce

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Variation in offspring

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Continuous variation

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Variation in organisms of features that take any value, for example height

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Characteristics controlled by several genes working together

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These characteristics will show continuous variation across the population sample the continuous range of colours and different heights

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What are the names of a particular characteristic

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Genotype

Phenotype

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Genotype

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And individuals genetic make up, such as whether they are homozygous or heterozygous for a particular gene

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Phenotype

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The physical expression of the gene; different genotypes can give the same phenotype

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What colour genotype refer to

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The whole of an individual’s jeans or (more often) the jeans for a particular characteristic,such as if they have dimples the genotype is usually written two letters for example DD

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What does the phenotype depend on

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The persons genes, but may also be affected by how these interact with the environment

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What about identical twins genotypes

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Identical twins have identical Genotypes because they develop after fertilised egg splits into two

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How do studies of identical twins help us

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To understand the effect of the environment on a persons genotype

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How are chromosomes arranged

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In pairs

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Many chromosomes do humans cells have

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23 pairs. A total of 46 chromosomes

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Where did these 23 chromosomes come from

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Excels are eggs (over) and sperm. These have 23 chromosomes, one from each pair

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Human baby

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The human baby that develops as a combination of genes from its mother and father

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Fertilisation

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The moment when the nucleus of a sperm fuses with nucleus of an egg

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Describe the gene position for chromosomes

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Pairs of chromosomes have jeans for the same characteristic at identical positions of each chromosome of the pair

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How does mutation occur

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Changes to our DNA sometimes occur, causing a mutation. This can take place when sex cells are being made, or after fertilisation

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Chromosome mutation

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One type of mutation is called chromosome mutation. This results in an individual having extra chromosomes for example a person with an extra chromosome 21 will have Down’s syndrome

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How does the combination of chromosomes vary

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  • The combination of chromosomes in an egg or sperm will always be different for example in an egg crime is own one could have been inherited from the mother, while crime is own two and three could have been inherited from the father etc. So, the combination of chromosomes (and therefore jeans) will be unique to that person – unless he or she has an identical twin
  • environmental effects will also add to the variation
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Alleles

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Different versions of the gene on a pair of chromosomes

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Homozygous

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An individual who has identical alleles for an inherited characteristic

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Heterozygous

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And individual who has two different alleles for an inherited characteristic

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The order of size from largest to smallest

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Cell
Nucleus
Chromosomes 
DNA
Gene
Base
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Dominant (allele)

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There allele that is always express, irrespective of the other allele in the pair

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Recessive (allele)

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An allele that is only expressed if the other allele in the pair is also a recessive; it is hidden if the other allele in the pair of them is dominant

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Genes

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A section of DNA that codes for a particular characteristic by controlling the production of a particular protein or part of protein by cells

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What are dominant alleles written in

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Uppercase letters in genetic diagram for example

H for hairy toes

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What are recessive traits written in

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Lowercase letters in genetic diagrams

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Punnet square

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A diagram that can be used to work out the probability of outcomes resulting from a genetic cross

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Family tree diagram

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Chart showing relationships between family members of different generations of the family, which can be used to show inheritance of genetic characteristics

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What is a family tree diagram useful for

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When tracing agent at it this order, such as Huntington disease over generations

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Pair of chromosomes determine our sex

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The 23rd pair

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Female chromosome

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A female has two X chromosomes,written XX

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Male chromosome

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Are mail has an X and Y chromosome, written XY

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Punnet square chromosome outcomes

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  • each egg cell produced by female will have an X chromosome
  • Half of the sperm cells produced by a male will happen X Half of the sperm cells produced by a Male will have an X chromosome and half all have a Y chromosome
    So in theory 50% of babies will be female and 50% will be male
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What determines whether an embryo is male or not

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Presence of a Y gene on the Y chromosome– The sex determining gene – That determines whether the embryo is male or not (it triggers the development of testes in the embryo). In the absence of the Y chromosome, ovaries develop

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What causes sex linked disorders

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Because of the shape of the sex chromosomes, there are parts of the X-chromosome that have no Y chromosome. If a defective gene it’s found on this part of the excrement time, this can result in a sex linked disorder

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Examples of sex linked diseases

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Haemophilia (a blood clotting disorder) and red green colour blindness, are far more likely to be present in males

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How are other disorders caused

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Disorders are caused by defective or faulty alleles

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What is Huntington’s disease caused by

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Huntington’s disease is a dominant disorder, I.E.the presence of a single dominant allele will cause of the disease. It occurs in to age. Symptoms include tremors (uncontrollable shaking), memory loss, inability to concentrate and mood changes

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Recessive disorders

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Both alleles on the chromosome pair must be recessive for a person to get a recessive disorder, such as cystic fibrosis. Symptoms include the production of thick gluey mucus that affects the lungs and makes digestant food difficult, breathing problems and chest infection.

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Carrier

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Someone who carries a gene but does not themselves have the characteristic

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A recessive single gene disorders

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Recessive single gene disorders, a person with a normal and defective allele will be normal (because the normal gene is dominant), but they will be a carrier

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Genetic screening

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Testing large numbers of individuals for Jean, such as the gene for a genetic disorder

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Zygote

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The cell phone by the fusion of a male and female gamete at fertilisation

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What’s is genetic screening used for

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Is used for a particular disorder even when there is no history of it in the family. It is hoped this will minimise the damage shut such disorders can cause. For example, the heel prick’ blood spot test’ is used on most newborn babies to diagnose rare genetic disorders

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Genetic Testing

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Testing an individual for the gene for a genetic disorder

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When is genetic testing used

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Genetic testing of individuals is carried out when a genetic disease such as cystic fibrosis runs in the family. This may allow people to get treatment for the disease or plan for the future

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What does genetic testing raise

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Ethical questions for example if a person has Huntington’s disease should they tell their employer, insurance company of family?

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Cell sampling

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Removal of a small number of fetal cells, for example from the placenta all the amniotic fluid, for testing

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When may genetic testing during pregnancy involve cell sampling

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• amniocentesis (collecting cells from the developing fetus which are present in amniotic fluid)
• chorionic villa sampling (testing a sample of cells taken from the presenter)
Both tests carry risk – around 1% of babies are miscarried as a result of genetic testing

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Embryos

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And organism in the early stages of development which began as a zygote and will become a foetus

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Fetus

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Later stage embryo of an animal; the body parts are recognisable

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In vitro fertilisation (IVF)

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Production of embryos in vitro fertilisation allows doctors to check the genetic make up of the embryos prior to implementation this is known as embryo screening

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Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)

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Genetic testing of embryos created by in vitro fertilisation for a genetic disorder, so that healthy embryos can be transferred into the mothers uterus

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How is procedure is like PGD done

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Procedures like PGD an embryo research carefully monitored in the UK. Guidelines for clinics and research centres over ethical and moral consideration of embryo use

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When parents likely to pass on a genetic abnormality they …

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  • May not decide to have a family

* May need to decide on whether to continue with the pregnancy or terminate it

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What is wrong with the genetic tests

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Types of genetic tests may give false negative results and may sometimes give false positive results (where the tests is positive but the person does not have the disorder)

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Clones

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Organism genetically identical to another

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ASexual reproduction

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Reproduction involving only one parent; offspring are genetically identical to the parent

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Bacteria

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Single celled microorganisms, some of which may invade the body and cause disease

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How come plants reproduce asexually

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  • using runners, (for example strawberries) – shoots sent out that grow into identical plants
  • producing bulbs (for example daffodils)
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Identical twins

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Identical twins are human clones produced when a fertilised egg splits, resulting in to genetically identical individuals

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Differences between clones

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As clones have identical DNA, any differences between individuals in a clone and their parent must be a result of the environment and not genes

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The advantages of producing clones/asexual reproduction are that:

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  • successful characteristics are seen in offspring

- Asexual reproduction is used for where plants and animals live in isolation

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Disadvantage of producing clones/asexually

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Is that there is no genetic variation. This means that if conditions change or there is the disease, the population would be wiped out

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Example of artificial animal cloning

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Dolly the sheep and snuppy the dog

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How did artificial animal cloning happen

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  • The nucleus from a body cell is extracted and inserted into an egg cell that has had its nucleus removed. This gives the eggs out a full set of dreams about having been fertilised
  • The embryo is implanted into a suitable surrogate mother
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The law

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It is illegal to create close of humans in many countries, including the UK

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Differentiation

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The change of unspecialised body cell into a particular type of cell

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What does the human embryo develop from

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A human embryo develops from the single self. This cell divides over and over again as the baby develops. Most of the cells become specialised to do different jobs a process called differentiation

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Stem cells

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Unspecialised body cells that can develop into other, specialised cells

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Adult stem cells

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Unspecialised body cells that can develop into other, specialised cells that the body needs

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What can adults stem cells do

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  • Can repair or replace certain cell types for example bone marrow cells are able to develop into different types of blood cells
  • are used to treat various diseases, but have limited uses
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Embryonic stem cells

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Souls in all from an embryo with the potential to become any other type of cell in the body

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Controversy about embryonic stem cells

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  • they are usually taken from a news embryos following fertility treatment
  • their use involves the destruction of the embryo
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Recent research on don’t body cells

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Recent research is focusing on reprogramming adult body cells into stem cells, I’m collecting cells from the umbilical cord blood when a baby is born

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What could stem cells be used in

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  • The testing of new drugs
  • understanding how cells become specialised in the early stages of human development by switching on and off of particular genes
  • renewing damaged or destroying cells in spinal injuries, parties, Alzheimers disease and Parkinson’s disease

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