Advances in Genetics

Selective Breeding

Process of selecting a few organisms with desired traits as parents for the next generation

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Hybrid Roses

Human Genome Project

Goal is to identify all the DNA in one cell of an organism

Genetic Engineering

The process of transferring genes from one organism into the DNA of another organism

Make medicine Improve crops

Try to cure human genetic disorders

Cloning

Genetic process to produce offspring identical to the parent

Dolly the Sheep

Human Cloning

Should the government have a law that bans human cloning? Be sure to support your answer.

Stem Cells