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1. DNA fingerprinting involves analyzing DNA patterns to identify individuals. It is used for criminal investigations and determining biological relationships. 2. In the example, DNA was collected from a crime scene and analyzed. The DNA fingerprints revealed that one suspect matched the DNA sample, identifying them as the perpetrator. 3. Biotechnology is being used to genetically modify foods like tomatoes, potatoes, and corn to improve traits like flavor, nutrition, drought-resistance, and pest-resistance. Cloning research aims to replicate animals with desirable genetic traits but faces challenges in fully replicating individuals due to environmental influences.

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Biotechnology Webquest

1. DNA fingerprinting involves analyzing DNA patterns to identify individuals. It is used for criminal investigations and determining biological relationships. 2. In the example, DNA was collected from a crime scene and analyzed. The DNA fingerprints revealed that one suspect matched the DNA sample, identifying them as the perpetrator. 3. Biotechnology is being used to genetically modify foods like tomatoes, potatoes, and corn to improve traits like flavor, nutrition, drought-resistance, and pest-resistance. Cloning research aims to replicate animals with desirable genetic traits but faces challenges in fully replicating individuals due to environmental influences.

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Name: _____________________________ Date: _____________ Core: __________________

Biotechnology

WEBSITE #1: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sheppard/analyze.html


1. DNA is unique for everyone with one exception. What would be an example of that exception?______________
2. What are DNA Fingerprints used for?
A) ________________________________________________________________
B) ________________________________________________________________

Part I: “It Takes A Lickin’!”


3. What “crime” was committed? ____________________________________________
4. What bodily fluid was removed from the “crime scene” to get the DNA? _________________________________
5. How many suspects are there in this crime? ____________

Part II: “DNA Fingerprinting at the NOVA Lab!”


6. What does a Restriction Enzyme do? ____________________________________________________________
7. What is Agarose Gel? ________________________________________________________________________
8. What is Electrophoresis? ______________________________________________________________________
9. Smaller fragments of DNA move _____________________ that longer strands.
10. Why do you need to place a nylon membrane over the gel? ___________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
11. Probes attach themselves to _____________________________________________
12. Which chemical in your “Virtual Lab” is radioactive? ____________________________
13. Sketch your DNA Fingerprint in the box to the right.
14. Based on your DNA Fingerprint…WHO COMMITTED THE CRIME??? _____________

WEBSITE #2: http://www.amnh.org/ology/


Click on the GENETICS tab to the left, then scroll down and Click on the Quest for the Perfect Tomato.
Then click Food for Thought.
15. Give two examples of genetically modified foods.

WEBSITE #3: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/harvest/coming/coming.html


Click on each of the foods on the table to see what research is being done to bioengineer the foods. List 3 foods and
describe how they are being modified.

16) _____________________________________________________________________________________________

17) _____________________________________________________________________________________________

18) _____________________________________________________________________________________________

Cloning: Open each link to learn more about cloning. For each section, answer the questions.
What is Cloning?
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cloning/whatiscloning/

19. Who is Dolly? __________________________________________________________________________________


20. When a zygote divides into separate cells, it is called: _____________________________
Name: _____________________________ Date: _____________ Core: __________________

21. Somatic cells are also called ______________________.


22. In order to clone a gene, a gene is inserted into a ________________________________.
23. In order to create an embryo from a somatic cell, the donor egg cell must have its ___________________ removed.

Is it Cloning or Not?
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cloning/cloningornot/

32. For each of the following scenarios, indicate YES (it is cloning) or NOT (it is not cloning).

_________ Sperm taken from a male goat is combined with a female’s egg in a Petri dish. The resulting embryo is
implanted into the female’s uterus to develop.
_________ A sheep embryo, composed of 16 cells, is removed from the mother’s uterus and separated into individual
cells. Each cell is allowed to multiply, creating 16 separate embryos, which are then implanted in different
female sheet to develop to maturity.
_________ 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.
_________ In vitro fertilization
_________ Cell nuclei from an extinct woolly mammoth are placed into enucleated cow cells.

Click and Clone.


http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cloning/clickandclone/

24. List all the materials needed to clone a mouse. _______ Stimulate cell division
_______ Deliver baby
_______ Remove & discard nucleus from egg cell
25. Place the following steps in the box to the right in correct order. _______ Isolate donor cells from egg donor & germ
cell donor
26. There are two time gaps in the process of cloning. What are _______ Transfer somatic cell nucleus into egg cell
they? For example, what do you have to wait for? _______ Implant embryo into surrogate mother

27. What color will the cloned mouse be? ___________________


What is the name of this mouse? _______________________

Why Clone?
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cloning/whyclone/

28. Why is cloning extinct animals problematic?

29. What are some reasons a person might want to clone a human?

Cloning Myths
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cloning/cloningmyths/

30. Briefly describe in your own words, why CC the cat was not identical in color to Rainbow, even though she was a
clone.

31. What is “nature vs. nurture”?

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