Many of Earth's biodiversity hotspots are also home to communities of people who are living at the subsistence level-able to obtain just what they need for daily survival. Is it realistic to think conservation plans for such regions can be designed to serve local people as well ? Use what you have learned in this chapter to explain why or why not .

One of the newest applications of cell technology is called cybrid embryos. this process involves replacing the nuclear material of an animal cell with human nuclear material. how might this process affect public policies about research by using stem cells? the same policies and concerns about the use of human embryonic stem cells would most likely apply. the embryos would most likely be treated like traditional animal embryos and regulated accordingly. the process of forming cybrid embryos would most likely be banned by government regulators. the embryos would be treated as regular cells because they are not fully human in origin.