De-extinction (1) (1) Essays - Biology, Nature, Extinction

GENERAL BACKGROUND Please read the following resources, watch the Tidal video, and answer the questions below before coming to class. Description of scientific, religious/cultural, legal and ethical questions: https://www.nwabr.org/sites/default/files/LessonStrategies.pdf Paul Root Wole Tidal https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_root_wolpe_it_s_time_to_question_bio_engineering Prelab questions to be completed and uploaded into the drop box before lab: Describe whether the following an ethical, religious/cultural, scientific or legal question and explain why. (There may be more than one correct answer). What type of diet allows for the best athletic performance? High protein and I believe religious a cultural upbringing has a lot to do with it Describe whether the following an ethical, religious/cultural, scientific or legal question and explain why. (There may be more than one correct answer). Should people be able to select the sex of their child in advance? No that would upset the natural balance of the worlds today List three questions that arise from the following scenario and describe the type of question(Scientific, Religious, Cultural, Legal, Ethical, Other): You apply for a job and the employer requests access to your health records, including genetic tests you may have had. It is against tour predilection to disease and injury law they could discriminate due to health history. Legal they could see or interpret the fact that you are of a certain ethnic group and discrimination law or they could see What did you find interesting or innovative in the PROW Tidal? What did you find most concerning I thought that? De-EXTINCTION Please read through the following resources and answer the questions below before coming to class. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/09/should-we-bring-extinct-species-back-dead http://escholarship.org/uc/item/18h9k112#page-1 http://escholarship.org/uc/item/2x70q4nk#page-1 Topic Questions to be completed and uploaded into the drop box before lab: What is De-extinction? resurrection biology, or species revivalism is the process of creating an organism, which is either a member of, or resembles anextinct species, or breeding population of such organisms. In David Schultz's article, he mentions three methods for de-extinction. What are they? Back breeding, getting a species that have traits like the extinct species. And breed these animals to resembles the extinct animal Cloning Genetic engineering What are some environmental considerations surrounding de-extinction? Cannot control what happens there could be a spread of disease or effect to the environment that are unforeseen, can be hard to introduce or reintroduce a new species What animals makes an animal a suitable candidate for de-extinction? . Select target species with unique functions concentrate on species that went extinct recently work with species that can be restore ecological function. What are some characteristics that make an animal a poor candidate for de-extinction? Was the animal or species important historically how did they enhance our lives What are the most compelling reasons that we should pursue de-extinction? I personally do not think there are any What are the most compelling reasons that we should not pursue de-extinction? Because it is against the natural order of things Do you believe de-extinction should be pursued? And does it make a difference if the species has gone extinct due to human activity? No and NO