Self-study
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Summary
Gene splicing can create new kinds of farm animals whose genetic makeup is only partially understood. While the process can introduce desired traits, it can also introduce potentially harmful genes that are difficult to detect.
Strongly Supported Conclusions
Gene splicing can have some negative unintended consequences.
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The statements above, if true, ████ ████████ ███████ █████ ███ ██ ███ ██████████
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All toxin production ██ ███████████ ███████████
This is too strong to support. The stimulus gives support that some toxin production is genetically controlled, not “all.”
b
Gene splicing to ███████ ███ █████████ ██ ████ ███████ ██████ ██ ████ ███████████
The stimulus claims that genetic splicing can bring about “undesirable” traits. Thus, it is reasonable that the statements support being “cautious” about the technique.
c
Gene splicing is ███ █████████ ██ █ ███ ██ █████████ ███ █████████ ██ ████ ████████
This statement is too strong to support. The stimulus only says that it has some undesirable consequences, not that it is “not effective.”
d
Most new varieties ██ ████ ███████ ████████ ██ ████ ████████ ████ ███████ ███████
There is no mention of cancer in the stimulus. You need a lot of assumptions to make this work
e
Gene splicing will ███████ ██ ███ █████ █████ ██████████ ████████████ ███ ██ ██████ █ ████████
There is no support for what gene splicing will look like in the future.