For Biotechnology Course Drosophila embryos are injected at the syncytium stage. What is syncytium? What is the advantage to transgene injection at this stage in development? Why are two P elements often used to create transgenic flies? Why use a partially-deleted inverted repeat? Can you envision how alcohol dehydrogenase could be used as a selectable … Continue reading Transgenic Animals…Other Than Mice
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Contemplating Future Artificial and Natural Human Evolution
Chapter 14 Study Guide https://youtu.be/bEdvQjTGYP8 Contemplate Be sure to incorporate concepts that you have learned in previous chapters in your answers. Could you envision different populations of future humans as different species? Why or why not? How might our changing climate affect our evolution? What domestic animal traits are acceptable to attempt to “fix” via … Continue reading Contemplating Future Artificial and Natural Human Evolution
Transgenic Animals…Mostly Mice
For biotechnology course The first transgenic mice had a growth hormone, somatotropin, expressed under the regulation of a metallothionein promoter. What supplement was added to the diet to induce somatotropin expression? In Greek mythology, what does a chimera look like? What does a chimeric mouse (usually) look like? Would you expect to see a chimeric … Continue reading Transgenic Animals…Mostly Mice
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