Chahanovich,+Cameron

My individual report is on is the modern science of new species of animals that are being created in the world. I would like to learn more about how they are created and what the combination of DNA causes. My main focus would to be why scientists chose to combine DNA, and the various types of animals that have been bred together to become a new species. He big question I would also answer in my report is "Is it possible to create animals from two completely different species?" For example, could an animal be created from a fish and a bird? This is what I would like to research and learn more about. I would like to see how the new animals species affect our world, and make it more clear to understand.
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Cameron Chahanovich
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Ms. Piehler

Science

February 26, 2014 Outline

Xenogamy - the generic term to describe the union of genetically unrelated organisms

A. Also known as crossbreeding; extreme xenogamy - the genetic combination of two different species

B. Induced xenogamy is when species are genetically combined to get more desirable traits

C. Outbreeding is the combination of genes that is essential to evolution of species

D. There are times where crossbreeding can't happen due to self-incapability which is when two species don't have the compatible embryos to reproduce

II. Hybrids - an offspring between two different species

A. It is possible for hybrids to reproduce asexually

B. Hybrids can become fertile for reproduction by doubling their chromosome number

C. Hybrids are more adapted to new environments than their parents

1. May be more important to evolution because they have more traits than their parents

III. Ernst Mayr

A. The scientist that created "modern synthesis" and the combination of evolution and genetics

1. Interested in birds and zoology

B. Born July 5, 1904 in Kempten, Germany; died on February 3, 2005 in Bedford Massachusetts

C. Intertwined evolutionary concepts with his studies on animal variation

1. Asked major question: "When was one organism so sufficiently different that it was defined a different species?"

D. Found that two species could not be genetically combined, but is now being worked on today (Xenogamy)

E. Found out species can evolve and develop their own characteristics

IV. Genetics - transfer of characteristics from one generation to the next

A. Genes represent the development of a species

B. Genetics focus on three main areas of study

1. How genes are expressed in the cell

2. How genes transfer from each generation to the next

3. The genetic differences between species

C. 20,000-25,000 genes in a nucleus of a human cell

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