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Seminar Agenda Defining cloning Cultural Concerns & Cloning Final Project Preview Questions & Answers

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Defining Cloning

Cloning: a number of different processes that can be used to produce genetically identical copies of a biological entity. Clone: the copied material, which has the same genetic makeup as the original

Defining Cloning Naturally Occurring Clones Asexual Reproduction A new individual is generated from a copy of a single cell from the parent organism Bacteria Some Plants Identical Twins The splitting of a fertilized egg into at least two parts with identical DNA

Defining Cloning Artificial Cloning Gene cloning (DNA cloning): produces copies of genes or segments of DNA Reproductive cloning: produces copies of whole animals (mice, sheep, cows, dogs, cat, deer, mule, rabbit, monkey) Therapeutic cloning: produces embryonic stem cells for experiments aimed at creating tissues to replace injured or diseased tissues

Defining Cloning Reproductive Cloning Researchers remove a mature somatic cell (a skin cell for example) from an animal and then transfer the DNA of the donor animal's somatic cell into an egg cell, that has had its own DNA-containing nucleus removed The egg is allowed to develop into an early-stage embryo in the test-tube and then is implanted into the womb of an adult female animal Ultimately, the adult female gives birth to an animal that has the same genetic make up as the animal that donated the somatic cell = > The Clone

Cultural Concerns & Cloning

Cultural Concerns & Cloning Separating Myth from Reality How has science fiction influenced your understanding of cloning?

Cultural Concerns & Cloning What are some of the benefits to being able to create genetic clones?

Cultural Concerns & Cloning What are some of the dangers?

Cultural Concerns & Cloning If you were in charge of the nation’s cloning policy, what rules would you establish?

Cultural Concerns & Cloning What creature is the most complex creature that should be allowed to be cloned? Why?

Cultural Concerns & Cloning Should humans be cloned? Why or why not?

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Final Project Preview Science Meets Real Life Part I: Scientific Method: apply the Scientific Method to 2 real life scenarios Scenario 1: You arrive home late at night. You walk up to the front door, unlock it, and reach in to turn on the light switch located just inside the front door. The light does not come on! Now what? Scenario 2: Develop your own detailed problem/observation and apply the scientific method to solve.

Final Project Preview Science Meets Real Life Part II: Why I Cannot Live With/Without Science: examine a typical day in your life from the time you wake up, to the time you go to bed, and describe how science impacts you and your routine throughout the day Answer the following questions: Describe a typical day in your life from the time you wake up, until the time you go to bed. Describe how science impacts you and your routine throughout the day. How has science improved your quality of life and why? Are there any negative impacts that science has had? What are they and why? Do you believe that you could survive without science? Why or why not? How has this course impacted the way you view science?

Final Project Preview Science Meets Real Life Both Parts I and II must be completed 1,500 word minimum APA format required Due at the end of Unit 9 Worth 250 points – 25% of your Final Grade!

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