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Lesson: Chapter 20 — Heredity

20. Putting the chapter together 3 of 3

Question 3

Which of these is a possible harmful consequence of genetic engineering?

The right answer is the one marked above.

Human beings could be modified to order, for characteristics their parents prefer. The other three are benefits. This one raises a question the biology cannot answer: who decides which human characteristics are worth having.

The printed question offered two defensible answers. This version keeps only one, and the genetic-privacy point it lost is question 5 of the genetic-engineering bank.

Answer the question to continue.