THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE
THE HUMAN GENOME
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Genetically Made Organism
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Growing More Organisms
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Genetically Modified Organism
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Growing Many Organisms
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Detailed explanation-1: -A genetically modified organism (GMO) is an animal, plant, or microbe whose DNA has been altered using genetic engineering techniques. For thousands of years, humans have used breeding methods to modify organisms.
Detailed explanation-2: -GMO stands for Genetically Modified Organism.
Detailed explanation-3: -Corn is the most commonly grown crop in the United States, and most of it is GMO. Most GMO corn is created to resist insect pests or tolerate herbicides. Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) corn is a GMO corn that produces proteins that are toxic to certain insect pests but not to humans, pets, livestock, or other animals.
Detailed explanation-4: -The technology is often called “modern biotechnology” or “gene technology”, sometimes also “recombinant DNA technology” or “genetic engineering”.