{"id":9483,"date":"2021-03-30T15:23:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T15:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=9483"},"modified":"2021-03-30T16:39:13","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T16:39:13","slug":"genetic-engineering","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/genetic-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Genetic engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9483\" class=\"elementor elementor-9483\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5f0c316 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5f0c316\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-514bf75\" 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jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/genetic-engineering\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Genetic engineering<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9496 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-does-gmo-mean\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">What does GMO mean?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9497 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/how-is-ge-done\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">How is GE done?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9498 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/ge-versus-cloning\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">GE versus Cloning<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9499 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/why-gmo\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Why GMO?<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9500 jet-nav__item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/genetic-engineering-debate\/\" class=\"menu-item-link menu-item-link-depth-0 menu-item-link-top\"><span class=\"jet-nav-link-text\">Genetic engineering debate<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1047ba elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">If you enter a grocery shop, you may find a section with the ORGANIC FOODS label. What do those words mean? Some people wonder if produce in grocery shops has been grown naturally, or manipulated in some way. These are genuine concerns. Biotechnology has entered into new areas where DNAs of plants or animals have been combined or modified to create new DNAs that never existed before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It is vital to understand what DNA and Gene are.&nbsp;<b>DNA<\/b>&nbsp;simply means Deoxyribonucleic Acid. It is a hereditary molecule found in almost all living things (cells). DNA carries a code (information) that genes use to make living things grow. It is found in all cells in structures called chromosomes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Genes<\/b> are instruction manuals in our bodies. They are molecules in our body that explain the information hidden in our DNA, and supervises our bodies to grow in line with that information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">With that brief DNA and Gene explanation, let us see this scenario.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A scientist wants to make blue apples:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The scientist decides on the intent or reason for making blue apples. He gets a plant with blue fruits (say blueberries). He cuts out a piece of the blueberry DNA and inserts it into the apple\u2019s DNA. He plants the new apple seed, and the apple tree produces blue apples instead of red.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">But it is not in plants alone \u2014 if he wants a cow to have some desired traits such as high milk production, he can get the DNA of a cow with that trait and fix its&nbsp;<span class=\"s1\">DNA<\/span>&nbsp;into the new cow so that the recipient cow will have a high milk production trait.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">In the past, farming practices like Simple Selection, Crossing, Interspecies Crossing, Embryo Rescue, and Cell Selection were used to propagate crops and animals with better qualities. The concept is what drives genetic engineering today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It is worth knowing that biotechnology or genetic engineering can manufacture entirely new animals or plants by merging cells from different sources. It is scary just thinking about it, so in this lesson, we shall look at just the foods we eat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">People are very uncomfortable because the consequences of GMO technology are inherently unpredictable. People fear that altering the natural cause of DNA development and function can result in some cell discord and mutations. 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How is GE done? GE versus Cloning Why GMO? Genetic engineering debate Introduction to genetic engineering. If you enter a grocery shop, you may find a section with the ORGANIC FOODS label. What do those words mean? 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