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Kazuo IshiguroA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
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Short Answer
1. What are polygenic traits? Why might scientists attempt to bioengineer genes? What are some of the concerns people have when considering gene editing?
Teaching Suggestion: Students will benefit from brief research to define polygenic traits, bioengineering of genes, and gene editing prior to reading the articles and watching the video suggested here or delving into other sources they discover on their own. In Klara and the Sun, one of the major conflicts addresses bioengineering in Josie, Klara’s owner, who is sick because she has been “lifted,” or bioengineered, to become more intelligent. One of the debates the novel addresses is the inequality between bioengineered people and those who are not engineered.
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