Name ____________________
Genetics Introduction
Go to the following website: http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/units/cloning/
Go to the above website and view each section listed.
WHAT IS CLONING
1. define cloning2. who is dolly?
3. define somatic cell4. Summarize the three steps researchers had to go through in order to make Dolly:
a.
b.
c.
CLICK AND CLONE
1. List 8 materials needed to clone a mouse:
2. Place the following steps in correct order.
_____ stimulate cell division
_____ deliver baby
_____ remove and discard the nucleus from the egg cell
_____ isolate donor cells from egg donor and germ cell donor
_____ transfer the somatic cell nucleus into the egg cell
_____ implant embryo into a surrogate mother
3. What color will the cloned mouse be? ___________
What is the name of the mouse? _________
WHY CLONE
1. Why is cloning extinct animals problematic?
2. What is 1 reason why a person might want to clone a human?
THE CLONE ZONE
1. What animal was cloned in 1885?
2. In 1902, describe how Spemann separated the two cells of an embryo of a salamander?
3. In 1952, the nucleus of a ____________ embryo cell was placed into a donor cell.
Did it work to clone an animal? ______
4. In 1997, what advantage is there to cloning identical primates?
5. In 2001, what is driving the progression of cloning research?
6. In 2001, what was the new president’s (George Bush) new policy in regards to cloning
research and funding?
CLONING MYTHS
1. On the side of the page (Kitty Kitty), in your own words, why was CC the cat not
identical in color to Rainbow, even though she was a clone?
2. Look under MISCONCEPTION #2. what is “nature versus nurture”?
IS IT CLONING OR NOT?
For each of the following scenarios, indicate YES (it is cloning) or NO (it is NOT cloning)
a. ______ sperm taken from a mole goat is combined with a female’s egg in a Petri dish.
The resulting embryo is implanted into the female’s uterus to develop.
b. ______ a sheep embryo , composed of 16 cells, is removed from the mother’s uterus
and separated into individual cells. Each cells is allowed to multiply, creating 16
separate embryo’s, which are then implanted in different female sheep to develop to
maturity
c. ______ A cow with many desirable traits is stimulated with hormones to produce a
number of egg cells. Each of these eggs is fertilized and implanted into a surrogate
mother.
d. _____ In vitro fertilization
e. _____ cell nuclei from an extinct wolly mammoth are placed into enucleated cow cells
WHAT ARE THE RISKS OF CLONING
1. what is one reason why cloning animals has such a high failure rate?
2. What is a telomere AND how does it affect cloned animals?
WHAT ARE SOME ISSUES IN CLONING
Pick any 2 of the questions to ponder and summarize the question below AND explain your own
opinion. Each question must be explained in at least 3 sentences.
Go to the following website: http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/publicat/genechoice/contents.html
Chapter 1
1. what is wrong with martin?
2. do you think that martin should have genetic treatment (if it were possible) to correct
his problem? Why or why not?
3. Do you think martin should avoid having children in order to not pass along his
condition? Why or why not?
4. What is the difference between ethical, legal, and social issues?(scroll to bottom)
a. ethicalb. legalc. social5. Define the following words:
a. albinob. geneticsc. pigmentg. geneChapter 2
1. DESCRIBE the disease Pyria’s mother had?
2. If you were Pyria, would you get tested for this disease? Why or why not?
3. Define the following words:
a. genetic counselingb. mutationc. Human Genome Projectd. Disorder-
Chapter 5
1. If you were Donita, would you submit saliva and hair samples to the police to help find
the murderer? Why or why not?
2. List 3 ways in which DNA fingerprints have been used?
3. Why might someone object so submitting a DNA sample, eve, if they weren’t guilty of
the crime?
4. Why might courts throw out his evidence if the mass DNA screening leads to the
arrest of a murder suspect?
Chapter 6
1. if you were Elsa and John, would you use the hormone on the cows? Why or why not?
2. What kinds of things are being produced by biotech labs (list at least 3)?
3. Why do animal rights activists object to using BGH on cows?
4. Why would some people think that biotech engineers are “playing God”? Do you think
this is true or not?
5. Define the following terms:
a. genetic engineeringb. selective breedingc. transgenic-