{"id":9484,"date":"2021-03-30T15:26:03","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T15:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/?page_id=9484"},"modified":"2021-03-30T17:40:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T17:40:07","slug":"what-does-gmo-mean","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/what-does-gmo-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"What does GMO mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9484\" class=\"elementor elementor-9484\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2747307 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2747307\" 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-4ff5ad1\" 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data-id=\"fac79bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Genetic Engineering<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dfab59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jet-nav-menu\" data-id=\"9dfab59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"jet-nav-menu.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"jet-nav-wrap m-layout-mobile\"><div class=\"menu-gmo-container\"><div class=\"jet-nav m-layout-mobile jet-nav--vertical jet-nav--vertical-sub-left-side\"><div class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page jet-nav__item-9495 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-22ef8a8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"22ef8a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c852ace elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"c852ace\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- Tall-Responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4993435605385515\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"6804764118\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-155c1ff\" data-id=\"155c1ff\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3f77a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c3f77a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is Genetically Modified Organisms (GE)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63d3a36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63d3a36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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\">The terms Genetically Modified Organisms(GMO), Genetically Engineered (GE), and Biotechnology are often used interchangeably, but Genetic modification is simply the addition of new\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">DNA<\/span>\u00a0to an organism or living thing thereby modifying its genetic make-up.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">It is simply using modern biotechnology (or gene technology) tools to introduce new traits (characteristics) into organisms, either from related and non-related organisms.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">For example,\u00a0<span class=\"s1\">DNA<\/span>\u00a0from a plant (Plant X) that has high resistance to pests can be copied and introduced (added) to another plant (Plant Y) so that Plant Y will have the pest-resistant trait.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Note: the DNA of an organism (e.g fish) can be modified by DNA from a plant, which is a completely non-related organism.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Another example is that sometimes chemicals used in farming such as herbicides, end up killing lots of the crops together with the weeds. To fix that problem DNA from a herbicide-resistant plant can be copied and added to the cells of the crop so that the crops will withstand the herbicides when broadly applied to the farm.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">The concept of genetic engineering is not new. It has been used to produce many blood types, milk, lab mice types for research and pharmaceutical purposes for many years now. In recent times, the technology has been applied to plants and animals for food purposes, and that is why the argument has heated up.<\/p><p class=\"p1\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9603\" src=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/strawberry.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/strawberry.jpg 600w, https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/strawberry-300x85.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p><p class=\"p1\">You may not be able to tell a genetically modified fruit (e.g. strawberry) from its natural counterpart. They may look the same, but the cell DNA make-up will be different. Both fruits come from strawberry shrubs, but the GM shrub would have produced fruits in a relatively shorter period. 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How is GE done? GE versus Cloning Why GMO? Genetic engineering debate What is Genetically Modified Organisms (GE) The terms Genetically Modified Organisms(GMO), Genetically Engineered (GE), and Biotechnology are often used interchangeably, but Genetic modification is simply the addition of new\u00a0DNA\u00a0to an organism or living thing thereby [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/fullwidth-content.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9484","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9484"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9609,"href":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9484\/revisions\/9609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eschooltoday.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}