Products of Biotechnology

Austin Krauss and Donnie Toppings

Cloning Pets

• It’s a creation of one organism copied by the same DNA.

• The purpose of it, is to recreate pets, for personal use.

• One Con for our product is that it is very expensive. ($100,000)

• One pro is that you can bring back the dead.• The first cloned dog was in South Korea. In 2005

Glow in the Dark Pets

• It’s just jellyfish genes injected in animals to make them glow in the dark

• The purpose of making glow in the dark pets, is to help cure a disease.

• Also is to be a helpful night light.• One pro is that it helps save electricity.• One con is that it makes them more vulnerable for

predators.• They were from South Korea.

BT Corn

• It is a soil that produces insecticidal toxins.• It is to make the grow faster.• One pro is that we can’t get sick from this.• One con is that it can impact the economy,

contaminate the environment, and has unknown risk to humans.

Environment Pig

• There are Yorkshire pigs, with the capability of digesting plant phosphorus.

• When they poop, it is used for fertilizer. It helps plants grow.

• One pro is that it is not harmful to the soil.• One con is that we can not eat these kind of

pigs.

Biodiesel

• It is name of a burning alternative fuel. Biodiesel is the glycerin from fat or vegetable oil.

• To replace gasoline and make driving more eco-friendly. • One pro is that it is made from domestic, re-newable

resources.• One con is that it is rain forests are being converted to

palm oil production that is used to create biodiesel.

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Questions

1. What is one bad thing about cloning pets?2. What are glow in the dark pets?3. Where is BT corn from?4. What does an enviro-pig do to our

environment?5. how is biodiesel used?