Cascadia Community College Group Genetic Reverse Engineering Discussion

Part 1: Genetic reverse engineering: Video and Summary (5 points)

This part is geared to help you learn more about unlocking dormant genes in the genomes of living animals and curren research about them.

Tasks

1. View one of the following videos that provides more background on the idea of genetic reverse engineering.
   • Building a dinosaur from a chicken | Jack Horner (Links to an external site.)
   • Can We Genetically Engineer A Dinosaur From A Chicken? | Science Plus (Links to an external site.)
   • Can We Make a Pet Dinosaur? | The Good Stuff (Links to an external site.)
   • Chickensaurus – Paleontologist Jack Horner – Wired Interviews (Links to an external site.)
   • Should we create a Dino-Chicken? – the Ethics of Making a Living-Biological Attraction (Links to an external site.)
2. In 50–100 words, summarize your chosen video video. Make sure to include a summary of the research being conducted why it research is relevant to the subject of gene expression, and what makes the research interesting/important to broader fields in science and in biology.
3. Copy paste into the discussion forum.

Part 2: Make your case (5 points)

This part is geared to help practice making an argument and supporting it with additional information and data

Tasks

1. You have been randomly assigned a position, either for or against using genetic reverse engineering technology to “resurrect” extinct species such as dinosaurs. Using information from the video you viewed and any reliable outside sources you wish, post a brief argument to support your assigned position (I AM AGAINST)