Which statement is the best example of a qualitative observation? a. the mouse has a body temperature of 98.8 °f. b. the mouse appears to be alert and healthy. c. the mouse has one scar on its back. d. the mouse weighs 22 grams.

"1. it should be, it has been for about 20 years, and it's really not much different in the end than breeding animals to have particular traits. there are always concerns about genetically engineered animals/plants affecting the environment in unexpected negative ways, but i can't think of an example where the fears didn't turn out to be baseless.  

first, as you point out, it would be a great advance in pharmacology, to be able to tailor drugs and their doses to me. the pros involve better medical treatment. the cons involve privacy issues like insurance companies denying coverage to people with genetic risk factors. looking at dna markers wouldn't affect the frequency of genetic diseases, but it would allow detection of them earlier. and ok, actually i suppose that if people used this information to avoid having children with genetic diseases, some might decrease in frequency."

i'm guessing this is from edg enuity so the answers would be, from top to bottom,

theodor schwann

matthias schleiden

robert hooke

rudolph virchow

anton van leeuwenhoek