BIOLOGY
CONCEPTS & CONNECTIONS
Fourth Edition
Neil A. Campbell • Jane B. Reece • Lawrence G. Mitchell • Martha R. Taylor
CHAPTER 12
DNA Technology and
the Human Genome
Modules 12.15 – 12.21
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OTHER APPLICATIONS OF DNA
TECHNOLOGY
12.15 Connection: DNA technology is used in courts
of law
• DNA fingerprinting can help solve crimes
Defendant’s
blood
Blood from
defendant’s
clothes
Victim’s
blood
Figure 12.15A, B
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12.16 Connection: Recombinant cells and
organisms can mass-produce gene products
• Recombinant cells and organisms are used to
manufacture useful proteins
Table 12.16
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• These sheep
carry a gene for a
human blood
protein that is a
potential
treatment for
cystic fibrosis
Figure 12.16
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12.17 Connection: DNA technology is changing the
pharmaceutical industry and medicine
• Hormones, cancer-fighting drugs, and new
vaccines are being produced using DNA
technology
– This lab equipment
is used to produce
a vaccine against
hepatitis B
Figure 12.17
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12.18 Connection: Genetically modified organisms
are transforming agriculture
• New genetic varieties of animals and plants are
being produced
– A plant with a new trait can be created using the
Ti plasmid
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Agrobacterium
tumefaciens
DNA containing
gene for desired trait
1
Ti
plasmid
T DNA
Insertion of
gene into plasmid
using restriction
enzyme and DNA
ligase
Plant cell
2
Recombinant
Ti plasmid
Restriction
site
Introduction
into plant
cells in
culture
3
Regeneration
of plant
T DNA
carrying
new gene
within plant
chromosome
Plant with
new trait
Figure 12.18A
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• “Golden rice” has been genetically modified to
contain beta-carotene
– This rice could help prevent vitamin A
deficiency
Figure 12.18B
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12.19 Connection: Gene therapy may someday
help treat a variety of diseases
• Techniques for
manipulating DNA have
potential for treating
disease by altering an
afflicted individual’s genes
Cloned gene (normal allele)
1 Insert
normal gene
into virus
Viral nucleic
acid
Retrovirus
2 Infect bone
marrow cell
with virus
– Progress is slow, however
3 Viral DNA
inserts into
chromosome
– There are also ethical
questions related to gene
therapy
Bone marrow
cell from patient
Bone
marrow
4 Inject cells
Figure 12.19
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into patient
RISKS AND ETHICAL QUESTIONS
12.20 Connection: Could GM organisms harm
human health or the environment?
• Genetic engineering involves
some risks
– Possible ecological damage
from pollen transfer between
GM and wild crops
– Pollen from a transgenic variety
of corn that contains a pesticide
may stunt or kill monarch
caterpillars
Figure 12.20A, B
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12.21 Connection: DNA technology raises
important ethical questions
• Our new genetic knowledge
will affect our lives in
many ways
• The deciphering of the
human genome, in
particular, raises
profound ethical issues
– Many scientists have
counseled that we
must use the
information wisely
Figure 12.21A-C
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