Chapter 15
Biology: A Guide to the Natural World · 3 exercises
Problem 1
One of the motives put forth for human cloning is that people want to replace children or other loved ones who have died. To what extent could a clone of a loved one be a replacement for that person? If the technique had then been available, should doctors in the nineteenth century have preserved the DNA of Abraham Lincoln for cloning?
4 step solution
Problem 2
Should society demand that there be no risks to genetically modified foods before it allows them to be developed? Does any significant technology have no risks associated with it?
5 step solution
Problem 3
What limits, if any, should be put on the ability of human beings to modify the genomes of other living things? Should human beings be free to carry out any modification that does not harm an organism?
5 step solution