Psychology 1000 Chapter 4: Chapter 4 - Notes

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- Dehoog

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Practical applications: genetic engineering, genetic counseling identify whether a person has the specific genes that will result in certain diseases (ex. Huntington"s disease, breast cancer: provide medical counseling, early intervention, and support, 1. Recombinant dna procedures cut and combine dna from 2 different organisms (ex. Contemporary applications: cloning is the production of one or more individual plants or animals that are genetically identical to another plant or animal, ex. Dolly first reported cloned mammal (died at 6 years of age, normal life expectancy of 10-12 years: human cloning 3 distinct types, 1. Embryo cloning (artificial twinning: technique which produces monozygotic (identical) twins or triplets, 2. Adult dna cloning (reproductive cloning: dna from an ovum is removed and replaced by the dna of an adult. It is then implanted in surrogate mother: 3. If a cloned child is born, who are the legitimate parents? reasonable doubt if two individuals share the same dna.