You are the leader of a developing nation. Hunger is a problem among citizens of your country: the saline (salty) coastal

wetlands of your country can't support the growth of needed crops, and your slow

economy can't support importing enough food for everyone. A biotechnology

company has genetically modified a rice plant that can thrive in salt water,

providing your nation with the opportunity to feed its citizens while bolstering its

economy

DO NOW: READ THE FOLLOWING THEN IN YOUR NOTES EXPLAIN WHAT YOU WOULD DO AND WHY

•Artificial Breeding•Hybridization•Genetic engineering•Cell transformation•Genetically Modified Food•Transgenic•Gene pharming•Cloning

Artificial selection is the intentional breeding for certain traits, or combinations of traits, over

othersSelective breeding is an example of artificial selection

is the process when a breeder (of animals) develops a cultivated breed over time, and selecting qualities

within individuals of the breed that will be best to pass on to the next generation

HybridizationCrossing dissimilar individuals to bring together the best of both organisms

Example – crossing a disease resistant plant with a food-producing plant

Result – a plant that the farmers need to increase food production

Method Used

Cell transformation Is the genetic alteration of a cell resulting from the uptake and expression of foreign genetic

material (DNA).

Genetic engineering, Recombinant DNA technology

Genetic modification/manipulation (GM)

Gene splicing are terms that are applied to the direct manipulation of an organism's genes

Genetic engineering has four main Genetic engineering has four main steps:steps:

1.Isolation of the genes of interest from donor 2.Insertion of the genes into a vector 3.Transformation of cells of organism to be modified 4.Tests to isolate genetically modified organism (GMO)

Genetically modified (GM) foods have had their DNA altered through genetic

engineeringGM foods were first put on the market in the early

1990s. The most common modified foods are derived from plants: soybean, corn, canola and cotton

seed oil.

The next GM crops included insect-protected cotton and herbicide-tolerant soybean both of which were commercially released in 1996. GM crops have been widely adopted in the United States.

The first commercially grown genetically modified whole food crop was the Flavr

Savr tomato, which was made more resistant to rotting by Californian

company Calgene

pharming

Gene pharming is a technology that scientists use to alter an animal's own DNA, or to splice in

new DNA, called a transgene, from another

species. Livestock such as cattle, sheep, goats, chickens, rabbits and pigs have already been modified in this way to produce several useful proteins

and drugs.

Cloning is the creation of an organism that is an exact genetic copy of another. This means that

every single bit of DNA is the same between the two

clickandcloneclonequiz

1.Medical Purposes2.Reviving endangered species and extinct species3.Reproducing a deceased pet4.Cloning humans?????

As a family physician, you often treat children who suffer from infectious

diseases that could easily be prevented through vaccination. But

the parents of many of your patients cannot afford the cost of vaccinations.

You hear of a new approach that would reduce the cost to a fraction of its current price: genetically modified

fruits and vegetables that contain various vaccines. By simply eating a banana, a child could be protected against disease - without getting a

shot!