首页
登录
职称英语
The recent news of the successful cloning of an adult sheep — in which the s
The recent news of the successful cloning of an adult sheep — in which the s
游客
2025-04-08
28
管理
问题
The recent news of the successful cloning of an adult sheep — in which the sheep’s DNA was inserted into an unfertilized sheep egg to produce a lamb with identical DNA — has generated an outpouring of ethical concerns. These concerns are not about Dolly, the now famous sheep, nor even about the considerable impact cloning may have on the animal breeding industry, but rather about the possibility of cloning humans. For the most part, however, the ethical concerns being raised are exaggerated and misplaced, because they are based on erroneous views about what genes are and what they can do. The danger, therefore, lies not in the power of the technology, but in the misunderstanding of its significance.
Producing a clone of a human being would not amount to creating a " carbon copy" — an automaton of the sort familiar from science fiction. It would be more like producing a delayed identical twin. And just as identical twins are two separate people — biologically, psychologically, morally and legally, though not genetically — so to embrace a belief in genetic determinism — the view that genes determine everything about us, and that environmental factors or the random events in human development are utterly insignificant. The overwhelming consensus among geneticists is that genetic determinism is false.
As geneticists have come to understand the ways in which genes operate, they have also become aware of the myriad ways in which the environment affects their "expression". The genetic contribution to the simplest physical traits, such as height and hair color, is significantly mediated by environmental factors. And the genetic contribution to the traits we value most deeply, from intelligence to compassion, is conceded by even the most enthusiastic genetic researchers to be limited and indirect. Indeed, we need only appeal to our ordinary experience with identical twins — that they are different people despite their similarities — to appreciate that genetic determinism is false.
Furthermore, because of the extra steps involved, cloning will probably always be riskier — that is, less likely to result in a live birth — that in vitro fertilization(IVF)and embryo transfer. For example, it took more than 275 attempts before the researchers were able to obtain a successful sheep clone. While cloning methods may improve, we should note tat even standard IVF techniques typically have success rate of less than 20 percent. So why would anyone go to the trouble of cloning? [br] What are examples of genetic contribution?
选项
A、Hair and eye color.
B、A child’s attitude towards their parents.
C、A person’s values.
D、Fashion style.
答案
A
解析
事实细节题。信息定位在文章第三段“the genetic contribution to the simplest physical traits,suchas height and hair color”,由此可知,基因只会影响一些最简单的躯体性状。选项A中的hair andeye color都是一些基本的躯体性状。故答案为A。
转载请注明原文地址:http://tihaiku.com/zcyy/4032399.html
相关试题推荐
Recentresearchhasclaimedthatanexcessofpositiveionsintheaircanh
Recentresearchhasclaimedthatanexcessofpositiveionsintheaircanh
Recentresearchhasclaimedthatanexcessofpositiveionsintheaircanh
Recentresearchhasclaimedthatanexcessofpositiveionsintheaircanh
Inrecentyears,teachersofintroductorycoursesinAsianAmericanstudies
Inrecentyears,teachersofintroductorycoursesinAsianAmericanstudies
Inrecentyears,teachersofintroductorycoursesinAsianAmericanstudies
Inrecentyears,teachersofintroductorycoursesinAsianAmericanstudies
Inrecentyears,therehasbeenanincreasingawarenessoftheinadequacies
Recentstoriesinthenewspapersandmagazinessuggestthatteachingandres
随机试题
Weappreciate(work)______withhim,becausehehasagoodsenseofhumor.worki
影响运输线路布局的要素有( )。A.运输线路的走向 B.运输线路的类型
饱和土的固结主要是由于孔隙水的渗透排出,因此当固结完成时,孔隙水压力全部消散为零
粗集料坚固性试验,从第二次循环开始,浸泡与烘干时间均为4h,共循环()次。A.4
2018年3月5日是学习雷锋纪念日多少周年?A.54 B.55
依据《处方标准》规定,急诊处方的处方笺应该为A:白色 B:淡红色 C:淡黄色
关于原发性高血压病因的叙述,的是 A.低钙饮食B.高饮食C.高钾盐饮食D
2008年8月15日某医院确定医务处张医生为该院法定传染病报告人。9月5日下午5
下列对于城市公共交通的含义,表达不正确的是()。A:活动范围局限于城市内 B:
当土质较差有严重流砂现象,地下水位较高,挖基较深,坑壁不易稳定时,可采用基坑排水
最新回复
(
0
)