Harper BIO101 Eyes of Nye Cloning Assignment Latest 2020 MAY

BIO101 Biology Survey

Eyes of Nye Cloning Assignment

Go to the following link and answer the questions below as you watch the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-kbirExGCc&list=PLZGznth5MeBAK_PHgwwNeGsPGLB2wJalJ&index=5

1.  A living thing genetically identical to another living thing is a     .

2.  Clones are offspring produced without?       

3. In asexual reproduction, all of the DNA comes from      

4.  What is a somatic cell?

5.  To clone an animal like dolly, scientists use the process of SCNT – Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer.  Explain the process of SCNT from beginning to end to produce a living animal clone (you will probably have to pause the program here).

6.   SCNT is an easy process to perform.   True      False

7.  During development, what determines what an organism will finally look like (how the embryo will develop)?

8.  Why doesn’t reproductive cloning work very well?

9.  Why is it thought dolly died at a young age?

10.  What are the two controversies of reproductive cloning discussed in the video?

11.  What has to happen for a cloned human embryo to make a baby?

12.  What rule has the Society for Developmental Biology come up with in terms of cloning?

13.  When an embryo is produced through SCNT, it can be used for reproductive cloning or therapeutic cloning.  What is the difference?

14.  What does undifferentiated mean?

15.  Describe the stem cell experiment Hans Keirstead performed on rats with a spinal cord injury.  What was the outcome?

16.  Do you believe it is ok to take a woman’s egg and use it to grow stem cells?  Why or why not?

17.  What does Dr. Jeffrey Khan feel will be the tipping point for therapeutic cloning to become more accepted by society?

18.  There is currently a law that bans human cloning in the United States.  (This movie is several years old, but the laws have not changed).   True    False

19.  Do you believe human cloning should be banned?

Think about the following questions:

A.            Should all cloning be banned, whether used for therapeutic or reproductive cloning?

B.            What sources of embryos should be allowed?  Should women donate eggs to produce embryos, or should only embryos already made that will be discarded be used?

C.            Should federal funding be used for cloning, or just private donations?