. If you are a genetic engineer, what organism do you want to manipulate? And why?

The proportion of crops in the U.S. that are genetically modified has increased since the biotechnology appeared in 1995. The pie charts show data from 2018, only two decades later. Genetically modified crops in the United States 8% 6% 6% 92% 94% 94% Corn Cotton Soybeans Proportion of crops that are genetically modified Proportion of crops that are not genetically modified

12. Consider the following genetically controlled biosynthetic pathway in a hypothetical plant: gene A gene B gene C Enzyme A Enzyme B Enzyme C PO → P1 P2 P3 Protein C eme D Assume that gene A controls the conversion of a white pigment, PO, to another white pigment, P1; the dominant allele A codes for the enzyme necessary to catalyze this conversion, but the recessive allele a codes for a defective enzyme (with no activity). Gene B controls the conversion of the white pigment, P1, to a pink pigment, P2; again, the dominant allele, B, produces the enzyme necessary for the P1 - P2 conversion, but the recessive allele b produces an inactive product. The dominant allele, C, of a third gene codes for an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of the pink pigment, P2, to a red pigment. P3; its recessive allele, c, produces an altered enzyme with no activity. The dominant allele, D, of a fourth gene produces a gene product that completely inhibits the activity of enzyme C; that is, it blocks the…

14. List and describe three examples of modern biotechnology shown to you in the lab and how they benefit humans.