Genetic Engineering

Question 1

What is genetic engineering ?

Answer 1

To move a section of DNA (gene) from one organism to another and produce a better/useful biological product

Question 2

What is an advantage for genetic engineering?

Answer 2

Be able to produce new and useful organisms very quickly.

Question 3

What are the disadvantage of genetic engineering?

Answer 3

The risk of the organism can have an unexpected harmful effect by inserting a new gene

Question 4

What are the steps to genetically engineer something ?

Answer 4

1. The gene (that will attain the desirable characteristic of an organism) is selected.
2. Cut of by enzymes and isolated
3. The useful gene is inserted into the DNA of the organism
4. Organism then replicate

Question 5

Why do some people think genetic engineering is wrong?

Answer 5

For human benefits

Genetic engineering on animals could make animals suffer

Question 6

Give me an example on how genetic engineering can be used? With rice.

Answer 6

1. Rice doesn’t have vitamin A
2. A gene that controls beta-carotene production was found in carrot plants
3. The gene was inserted in the rice plant
4. humans could change beta-carotene into vitamin A
5. Eating rice gave people vitamin A