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selective breeding, cloning and genetic engineering (paper 2) Flashcards

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1
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what else is selective breeding known as

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artificial selection

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define selective breeding

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the process by which humans breed plants and animals for particular characteristics

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what does selective breeding ensure

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that the genes for the chosen specific characteristic remain in the population

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how long have humans been doing selective breeding

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thousands of years

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give some examples of desired characteristics

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  • disease resistant crops
  • animals that produce more meat or milk
  • domestic animals with a gentle temperment
  • large or unusual flowers
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what does selective breeding provide evidence for

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evolution - shows how significant variation is in a (relatively) short period

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describe the process of selective breeding

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  • select parents with desirable characteristics
  • breed together
  • select offspring with desirable traits and breed again
  • over many generations
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what are the three main problems with selective breeding

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  • leads to reduction in the gene pool
  • inbreeding results in health problems
  • new diseases and defects can occur
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explain how reduction of the gene pool is an issue from selective breeding

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  • reduces the number of alleles in the population as chacateristics aren’t chosen
  • if conditions change and new characteristics are needed = problem from lack of variation, cannot cope with change
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explain how inbreeding is an issue from selective breeding

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  • results in very little variation in the population
  • can cause inherited defects to be passedd through to offspring
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explain how new dieases and defects can occur from selective breeding

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  • due to reduced genetic variation in a population
  • certain disadvantageous alleles are more common
  • organisms struggle to cope with diseases
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what is meant by the term genetic engineering

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the process involving modifying the genome of an organism by introducing a gene from another organism to give it a desried characteristc

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how have plant crops been genetically engineered

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to be resistant to diseases or to produce bigger better fruits

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how have bacterial cells been genetically engineered

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to produce useful substances such as human insulin to treat diabetes

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what are organisms which have been given genes from other organisms called

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transgenic

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descirbe the process of genetic engineering

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  • enzymes are used to isolate and ‘cut out’ the required gene from an organism
  • the gene is then inserted into a vector (plasmid or vector) using more enzymes
  • the vector is then used to insert the gene into the required cells
  • genes are transferred to the cell at an early stage of development
  • as the organism grows it developes with the new desired characteristics from the other organism
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give an example of genetic engineering

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  • jellyfish gene to make crop glow when lacking water
  • GM plants are more resistant to herbicides
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what are the benefits of genetically modified organisms

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  • nutritional value of crops are improved
  • increased crop yield helps global food security
  • crops have longer shelf life
  • crops are resistant to herbicides so fields can be treated
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what are the risks and issues with genetically modified organisms

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  • new trains could cause health reactions
  • concerns in decreasing biodiversity
  • cross polination with non-GM crops = weeds
  • we do not know the long term effects
  • risk increase in allergies
  • infertility can spread to wild crops
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what is a clone

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an individual that has been produced asexually and is genetically identical to the parent

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how do you clone plants

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taking cuttings

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what is cutting in cloning plants

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a form of asexual reproduction that has been carried out for hundreds of years

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what is a more modern version of cuttings from plants

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tissue culture, it is more expensive but allows you to make thousands of new plants from one small tissue

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explain how plant cloning works (tissue culture)

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  • use a mixture of plant hormones to make a small group of cells from the plant you want to clone
  • they then go on to produce a big mass of identical plant cells called a callus
  • then useing a different mixtur eof hormones or conditions, you can stimulate each of these cells to form a small new plant
  • guarenteing thousands of offspring with the desired characteristics
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explain how plant cloning works (cuttings)

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  • small tissue sample taken from parent plant
  • tissue is grown in agar with nutrients and plant hormones
  • tiny identicle plantlets are formed
  • plantlets grow on
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describe embryo cloning in animals

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  • give fertility hormones to a top-quality cow so she produces many eggs
  • fertilise these eggs using sperm from a really good bull
  • these zygotes are then split into several embryos
  • each embryo is transplanted into a host surrogate mothers
  • the calves are born and genetically identical to their parents (not the surrogate mother)
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what is adult cell cloning

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when a whole new whole animal is produced from the cells of one singular other adult animal

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describe adult cell cloning

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  • the nucleus is removed from an unfertilised egg cell (enucleated)
  • at the same time the nucleus is taken from the adult body cell (eg skin cell) of the same species
  • the nucleus from the adult cell is inserted into the empty egg cell
  • the new egg cell is given a small electric shock to stimulate the dividing to form an embryo
  • when the embryo has developed it is inserted into the uterus of an adult female and continues to develope
  • when born it is genetically identical to the animal which nucleus was used
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what is the name of the first large mammel to be adult cell cloned

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dolly the sheep in 1996

30
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what is the controversy around cloning - positive and negative

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+ rare plants might be saved
+ allows mass production of genetically identicle offspring
+ can be quick
- reduction in gene pool
- morally wrong, organisms cannot consent
- may be used to clone humans

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give two examples how genetic engineering has been use to treat human diseases

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  • insulin has been developed to treat diabetes
  • engineer organisms to ave diseases so we learn how to treat them

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