THE GENE

Glossary

• Introduction
• GM food
• Cloning
• How is cloning done?
• The Dolly’s live
• Photography
• Conclusion

Introduction

In this presentation we talk about the cloning of genetically modified food.
Also of the life of Dolly the sheep, the first cloned animal in the world. And we explain the thinks of some people on this topic.

GM food

• Genetically modified (GM) foods are foods produced from genetically modified organisms (GMO) that have had their DNA altered through genetic engineering. GM foods were first put on the market in the early 1990s. The most common modified foods are derived from plants: soybean, corn, canola and cotton seed oil and wheat.

• Controversies surrounding GM foods and crops commonly focus on human and environmental safety, labeling and consumer choice, intellectual property rights, ethics, food security, poverty reduction, and environmental conservation.

Cloning

• Cloning is the creation of an organism that is an exact genetic copy of another. This means that every single bit of DNA is the same between the two!
• You might not believe it, but there are human clones among us right now. They weren't made in a lab, though: they're identical twins, created naturally. Below, we'll see how natural identical twins relate to modern cloning technologies.

How is cloning done?

• You may have first heard of cloning when Dolly the Sheep showed up on the scene in 1997. Cloning technologies have been around for much longer than Dolly, though.
• How does one go about making an exact genetic copy of an organism? There are a couple of ways to do this: artificial embryo twinning and somatic cell nuclear transfer.

The Dolly’s life

• Dolly was born in 5th of July in 1996 and she was dead in 14th of February in 2003. Dolly was a female sheep or ewe, was the first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell, using the process of nuclear transfer. The cell used was a mammary gland , proving that a cell taken from a specific body part could create a whole individual. She was named Dolly after the curvaceous country western singer Dolly Parton. Previously it was believed that a specific cell could only produce retort of the same body part from which it was obtained. She was cloned by Ian Wilmut, Keith Campbell and colleagues at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland, and lived there until her death at age six. Her birth was announced in February 1997.

Conclusion

In our, opinion, we agree with the genetic modified because it can help to save a lot of lives.
Also, we agree with cloning when is always to save an animals or humans live. For another part, we think it’s better the natural products, humans and animals. Because everybody is unique and extraordinary.