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I do not personally work in that field but have studied it for a long time. This can be done, it was mainly tested on goats. Their offspring were deformed or perfectly fine. Same as when they did this to try to clone pets. The turn out the same, die right away or are deformed. My answer is Yes, both when you add it after their born or to their mother before they were born.

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Q: Can genes fixed with gene therapy be transferred to offspring?
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What the definition of genes?

Units of heredity that are transferred from a parent to offspring and are held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.


Segments of what are transferd from parent to offspring are called genes?

from parents to their offspring is known as heredity.


If an animal with 2 dominant genes for a trait has offspring with an animal with 2 recessive genes for same trait their offspring can only have what?

Their offspring will have dominant genes. However, if these offspring have offspring with an amimal with recessive genes, the recessive genes will show up.


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Gene contain hereditary information that is transferred from parents to offspring. They are located in the nucleus of a cell.


What are the basic units for the transmission of all hereditary traits?

Genes, hereditary units located in the chromosomes, determine the characteristics transferred from parent to offspring. They consist of a sequence of deoxyribonucleic acids (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) that bear genetic information.


Found on chromosomes they determine specific characteristics of the organism?

Genes are found on chromosomes and they determine specific characteristics of the organism. They are hereditary and are transferred from the parent to the offspring.


What might be a questionable outgrowth of gene therapy?

scientists could possibly manipulate genes to genetically control traits in human offspring that are not health related


How are healthy genes transferred?

the two ways genes can be transferred into cells by using viruses and liposomes as vectors.


Why is it important for an offspring to inherit the traits from its parents?

Offspring must inherit traits from its parents because it parents contained genes that were dominant and survived. the genes passed from parent to offspring are important because they are the dominant genes of survival. they passed of survival genes to help their offspring live longer.


What is something that carrys genes that determine the sex of offspring called?

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How are traits passed from parents to offspring?

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