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Meat chickens – grow fast, die young

Year 13 Skill Level 3.7 NCEA AS91607

Key Competencies:

Demonstrate understanding of human manipulations of genetic transfer and its biological implications

Summary:

Demonstrate an understanding of how selective breeding and modification of the expression of existing genes impact on the biological fitness of meat chickens and the ethical considerations involved.

Subject
Biology
Topic(s)
Animal behaviours Chickens bred for meat Factory farming
Key Competencies
Life processes Living world