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Biology: GATTACA
Answer the following questions using full sentences and ideas represented in the movie.
1. Compare and contrast the conception and birth of Vincent and his brother Anton.
2. How does Vincent’s future depend on a ‘resume’ in the cells’?
3. How does Vincent obtain a new identity, and what steps must he take to protect it?
4. How does Vincent/ Jerome’s identity become threatened?
5. What qualities does Vincent/ Jerome have that perfect genetics did not give Eugene/Jerome?
6. If GATTACA represents a possible future, what aspects would you keep? What would you change?
7. Who are the three murder suspects?
8. Who do you think is responsible for the murder, and why?
LIST NON-DNA EVIDENCE FOR EACH SUSPECT:
SUSPECT 1: ________________ SUSPECT 2: _________________SUSPECT 3:________________
Motive for Suspect 1
Motive for Suspect 2
Motive for Suspect 3
Draw a ‘hypothetical’ DNA fingerprinting match for suspects 1, 2 and 3 using the boxes below:
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3
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3