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Finn listed two of the three steps involved in gene therapy.1. The normal allele is removed from the chromosome. 2. The normal allele is added to the cells of a person with the disorder.

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The normal allele is copied before step 1.
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The normal allele is copied after step 1.
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The unhealthy gene is cut from the DNA before step 2.
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The unhealthy gene is cut from the DNA after step 2.
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Cloning requires two parents and selective breeding requires one parent.
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Cloning results in a genetically identical plant and selective breeding does not.
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Cloning always requires that DNA be modified and selective breeding does not.
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Cloning always results in larger plants and selective breeding always results in smaller plants.
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Scientists have cloned goats so they can take out a protein in the goats’ milk and use it to make medicine. The goats are raised in a laboratory. The medicine that is produced can help with certain diseases that affect humans.

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The goats will have more genetic variation.
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The goats will become infected with the human diseases.
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There are unknown health risks to the goats.
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There could be many health risks to drinking the goats’ milk.

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