1. Aim: How have organisms benefited from reproductive technology?

2. I. What is Reproductive Technology?
Methods that assist organisms to produce offspring.
Methods that aid in the examination of developing offspring.

3. II. Why might some people need reproductive technologies?
Some people cannot become
pregnant because of problems
with their hormones, ovaries,
testes, or other parts of their
Reproductive systems.
Infertility – cannot produce offspring.

4. III. Applications of Reproductive Technology:
Medical Applications:
In-Vitro Fertilization
Artificial Insemination
Cloning??
Amniocentesis & Karyotyping

5. a. In-Vitro Fertilization

6. *Invitro Fertilization often lead to multiple births.
*Due to the extra hormones given to the mother to help her create an egg.
*More than one egg is implanted to help ensure at least one implants!
*Identical Twins: one egg and one sperm.
Zygote splits to form two genetically identical offspring!
*Fraternal Twins: two different eggs are
fertilized by two different sperm.

8. *How do we store sperm, eggs & embryos for in-vitro fertilization?
Frozen in a “bank” in Hospital.

9. b. Artificial Insemination
Inserting sperm inside females fallopian tube

10. c. Cloning Take nucleus from individual who will be cloned & insert it
into an enucleated egg.
(Enucleated – nucleus removed)
Why Clone?

11. c. Amniocentesis & Karyotyping
Amniotic fluid is withdrawn from a woman's uterus to test for certain problems in the fetus, such as genetic defects (Down’s Syndrome).

12. d. Sonograms - Ultrasound
Use of sound and echo to create an image of the developing embryo

13. IV. Applications of Reproductive Technology:
*Agriculture:
a. Scientists have genetically modified plants using DNA
Recombinant Technology to be resistant to disease. These
modified plants can then be cloned to produce thousands
of genetically identical offspring.
b. Using artificial insemination, scientists can generate
hundreds of offspring from one farm animal.
c. Selective Breeding…

14. to obtain organisms with desired traits
Selective Breeding…
to obtain organisms with desired traits
Milk producing cow
Meaty cow

15. Applications of Reproductive Technology:
*Ecology:
a. Embryos from endangered species have been transplanted
into related species, who later give birth to offspring that
are no different than they would be if they developed in
the bodies of the endangered species themselves.