Designer Babies and Genetic Modification

What is the traditional way of creating designer babies?

• IVF
• ISH
• PGD
• CRISPR

What is the traditional way of creating designer babies?

• IVF
• ISH
• PGD
• CRISPR

When is PGD performed?

• Before implantation of the embryo
• During implantation of the embryo
• After implantation of the embryo
• After birth

What does PGD helps to identify and locate?

• Enzymatic errors
• Somatic mutations
• Cancerous growth
• damaged/mutated genes

What does ISH technique specifically do?

• obtain oocytes or embryos for the evaluation of the organism’s genome
• labels specific nucleic acid sequences on a gene to help detect genetic abnormalities
• introduce changes to one or more genes in the genome of a cell of interest
• treat medical conditions that have a genetic component

What maintains the uterus lining in IVF?

• Estrogen
• Progesterone
• FSH
• LH

FSH is used for ___ in IVF?

• Superovulation
• Endometrium lining growth
• Conception
• Labor

What does hCG do and where is it USUALLY released from?

• Allow for meiosis, embryo
• Allow for meiosis, follicle
• Allow for growth, follicle
• Allow for growth, embryo

What enzyme is used in CRISPR?

• Polymerase
• Cpr 9
• Rna5
• Cas 9

How does CRISPR differ from previous techniques of gene editing?

• slower, more expensive, but more accurate
• faster, cheaper, and more accurate
• faster, more expensive, more accurate
• slower, cheaper, less accurate