A. 5 min
Learning objectives & Review central dogma of biology
B. 10 min
Ballot Initiative 522 in Washington & reasons for and against GMO food labeling. Stress money spent on this issue & international and national interest. GMOs are very much in spotlight.
C. 5 min
Natural selection & evolution as normal method of altering population genetics based on differential survival or fitness of phenotypes.
D. 40 min
Definition and illustration of artificial selection/selective breeding, genetic modification, and genetic engineering. & cloning. broad list of GMO organisms & GMO development time-line. Significant breaks to answer questions:
Why would we genetically modified a human?
Why wouldn't we genetically modified a human?
Why would we clone a human? Do you think it has already happened?
Why wouldn't we clone a human?
* key points: medical miracles are possible, but where are the appropriate boundaries? Are clones people? How does economics play into human GM & cloning?
E. 5 min
Homework
