U6L2 - DELIVERABLE – Genetic Engineering Directions: Annotate questions 1-5 using your digital annotation strategies.
There is a reminder of the digital habits expectations on the second and third
page of this deliverable. Answer the questions by choosing your best answer or
writing in the space provided.
It sounds like a sequel to "Spiderman: The Movie"-Spider Goat! OK, maybe not, but it is a
very interesting application of transgenics. Spider silk is the strongest material known;
it's 5 times stronger than steel and twice as strong as Kevlar. People have actually tried
starting "spider farms" to harvest silk, but the spiders are
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too aggressive and territorial to live close together. They
also like to eat each other.
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Spider
When the genes for spider silk were put into a goat and
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DNA from
produced in the goat's milk, however, the transgenic animal
the spider
produced silk proteins in its milk that could be spun into a
Goat
fine thread with all the properties of spider-made silk. This
Spider silk
material can be used to make lighter, stronger bulletproof
proteins in
vests, thinner thread for surgery, and stitches or
goat milk
indestructible clothes.
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1. What is the name of the process described in the passage above?