Genetic Engineering vs. Artificial Selection

Organisms with desired traits survive in the wild.

Organisms with desired traits are chosen by humans.

Organisms without desired traits die.

Organisms are randomly chosen.

A giraffe's long neck.

Clipping a horse's tail so it's not too long.

Training a horse to run faster.

Cross breeding a labrador retriever with a poodle .

Allowing organisms to reproduce without human interference

Humans choosing individuals with desirable traits to parent the next generation

Using technology to cut DNA and insert genes to get the traits you want.

Genetic Engineering

Selective breeding

Artificial selection

Survival of the fittest

Artificial selection

Natural selection

Survival of the fittest

Some theory Darwin came up with

A giraffe’s long neck.

Training a horse to run faster.

Clipping a horse’s tail so it is not too long.

Cross breeding a labrador retriever with a poodle.

Human Genome Project

Genetically Modified Organisms

Punnett Squares

Gene Therapy

medicine

animals for food

improved crops

all of these

Traditional breeding methods can only be applied to animals, while genetic engineering is applicable to plants

Traditional breeding methods involve selecting parents with desired traits, whereas genetic engineering involves altering genes directly

Genetic engineering is a natural process, while traditional breeding methods are not

There is no difference; both methods result in genetically identical organisms

natural selection

selective hearing

genetic manipulation

selective breeding

genetic engineering

artificial selection

genetic engineering

artificial selection

a new concept

discovered by Darwin and used ever since

used for thousands of years

a 19th century concept