Voca sciences Flashcards

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ADN

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DNA

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une bactérie/ des bactéries

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a bacterium/ bacteria

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un cobaye

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a guinea pig (se prononce guini)

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4
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les manipulations génétiques

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genetic engineering

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5
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le clonage

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cloning

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un échantillon

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a sample

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la génétique/ un généticien/ génétique

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genetics/ a geneticist/ genetic

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le patrimoine génétique

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the genetic blueprint

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l’analyse de l’empreinte génétique

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genetic fingerprinting

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récolter des cellules à partir d’embryons

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to harvest cells from embryos

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modifier un gène

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to tinker with a gene

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créer des bébés sur mesure

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to create designer babies

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13
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la PMA

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MAP (medically assisted procreation)

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poser des problèmes d’éthique

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to raise ethical issues

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la recherche fondamentale

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basic research

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une démarche scientifique

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a scientific approach

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un brevet/ faire breveter

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a patent/ to patent

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une équipe de chercheurs/ un chercheur

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a research team/ a researcher

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un laboratoire de recherches

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a research laboratory

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des preuves scientifiques

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scientific evidence

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émettre (hypothèse)

une hypothèse

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to put forward

a hypothesis

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le bon et le mauvais usage de la science

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the use and misuse of science

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encourager la science

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to foster science

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financer la recherche dans le domaine de

un don

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to fund research in the field of

a donation

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faire des recherches sur un vaccin
to research into a vaccine
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être à l'avant-garde de la recherche
to pioneer research
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une expérience innovante/ prometteuse
a pioneering/ promising experiment
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l'agriculture (durable)
(sustainable) agriculture/ farming
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une (très mauvaise) récolte
a crop (failure)
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la grippe aviaire | la maladie de la vache folle
bird flu | mad cow disease
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les cultures traditionnelles
conventional crops
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les aliments non modifiés
GM-free food
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une subvention agricole
an agricultural subsidy
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l'agriculture intensive l'élevage industriel l'agriculture bio
intensive farming factory farming organic farming
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les produits agricoles | les produits laitiers
farm products | milk products
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un sol fertile/ riche/ pauvre
a fertile/ rich/ poor soil
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être tributaire des conditions météo
to be dependent on weather conditions
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accroître le rendement des cultures
to increase crop yields
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résister à la sécheresse/ aux insectes
to be resistant to drought/ insects
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avoir des effets inconnus sur la santé | un test de dangerosité
to have unknown health effects | a risk assessment test
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des retombées/ des produits dérivés
spin-offs