LIFE SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Genetically modified organism (GMO) is commonly used to describe any of these terms and vice versa: genetic modification (GM), GM seeds, biotechnology, biotech seeds, genetic engineering (GE) and transgenic crops.

Detailed explanation-2: -Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are more accurately called transgenic organisms where trans means on or from “the other.” A transgene is a gene that comes from outside the genome. Bacteria acquire transgenes naturally all the time through horizontal gene transfer.

Detailed explanation-3: -Scientists can also take a gene from one species of plant and put that gene into a plant of a different species. Plants made by using this lab technique are called ‘transgenic’ (trans-means across and-genic means related to genes). Plants and animals become ‘genetically modified’ in nature too.

Detailed explanation-4: -A genetically modified organism (GMO), otherwise referred to as a living modified organism (LMO) or transgenic organism, is understood to mean any living organism that possesses a novel combination of genetic material obtained through the use of modern biotechnology.

Detailed explanation-5: -The key difference between GMO and transgenic organism is that GMO is an organism that has an artificially altered genome, while the transgenic organism is a GMO that has an altered genome containing a DNA sequence or gene from a different species.