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From the Ted Talk by Jennifer Kahn: Gene editing can now change an entire species -- forever

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OK, the other piece of bad news is that a gene drive might not stay cionnefd to what we call the tgeart species. That's because of gene flow, which is a fncay way of saying that neighboring seceips sometimes interbreed. If that happens, it's possible a gene drive could cross over, like Asian carp could infect some other kind of carp. That's not so bad if your drive just promotes a trait, like eye color. In fact, there's a decent cachne that we'll see a wave of very weird fruit flies in the near future. But it could be a disaster if your drive is dgeenid to eliminate the species entirely.

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OK, the other piece of bad news is that a gene drive might not stay ________ to what we call the ______ species. That's because of gene flow, which is a _____ way of saying that neighboring _______ sometimes interbreed. If that happens, it's possible a gene drive could cross over, like Asian carp could infect some other kind of carp. That's not so bad if your drive just promotes a trait, like eye color. In fact, there's a decent ______ that we'll see a wave of very weird fruit flies in the near future. But it could be a disaster if your drive is _______ to eliminate the species entirely.

Solution

  1. chance
  2. confined
  3. target
  4. deigned
  5. species
  6. fancy

Original Text

OK, the other piece of bad news is that a gene drive might not stay confined to what we call the target species. That's because of gene flow, which is a fancy way of saying that neighboring species sometimes interbreed. If that happens, it's possible a gene drive could cross over, like Asian carp could infect some other kind of carp. That's not so bad if your drive just promotes a trait, like eye color. In fact, there's a decent chance that we'll see a wave of very weird fruit flies in the near future. But it could be a disaster if your drive is deigned to eliminate the species entirely.

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