History Genetically Modified Organisms

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Introduction What is Genetically Modified Organism? Plant Biotechnology is continuing its development within modern day science. With the increase understanding of scientific studies has led the improvement of plant productivity, quality and health. This understanding also contended potential issues on plant growth (Monsanto 2011). Plant biotechnology uses genetic engineering, which is the process of manipulating genes through isolation and reintroducing the DNA into the cell. This gave birth to Genetically Modified Organism, which are organism according to Dr. Steve Windley, MD, whom structure is manipulated. Modifying these organisms could control what they react and don’t react to, such as resistance to herbicides or it could improve the nutritional content. The other effects may be growth, or a slew of a numerous effects that could go unnoticed for years The History of Genetically Modified Organism. Genetically Modified Organism was introduced to the public approximately fourteen years ago. Genetically Modified Organism was brought about through Plant Biotechnology, which has been researched for centuries. Farmers’ crops are everything to their business, and wanting to preserve their product is top significance. A solution to the numerous possibilities of hindrance genetically modified organism was spawned. Traditional breeding included different processes, such as sowing seeds from the resilient plants in order to produce a new generation. Farmers would grow plants with higher yield and resistance to pests, naturally alternating the genetic makeup of plants. Consequently, a vast majority of plants today bare resemblances of their lineage (Biotechnology Industry Organization 2010). Plant biotechnology allows breeders to sel... ... middle of paper ... ...s.html (accessed April 14th, 2011). North Carolina Association for Biomedical Research. Biotechnology. October 2006. http://www.aboutbioscience.org/pdfs/Plant_Biotechnology.pdf (accessed April 15th, 2011). U.S Food and Drug Administration. Plant Biotechnology for food and feed. April 12th, 2011. http://www.fda.gov/food/biotechnology/default.htm (accessed April 13th, 2011). Umezawa T, Fujita M, Fujita Y, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Shinozaki K. "Engineering drought tolerance in plants: discovering and tailoring genes to unlock the future." PubMed, 2006: 22-113. United States Department of Agriculture. Plant Biotechnology. June 9th, 2010. http://www.csrees.usda.gov/nea/biotech/in_focus/biotechnology_if_plant.html (accessed April 14th, 2011). Univeristy of Nebraska-Lincoln. Types of Drought. 2012. http://water.unl.edu/web/drought/typesofdrought (accessed November 27, 2012).

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