Genetically Modified Food

Genetically Modified Food

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Genetically Modified Food.

        Here you will find:

-What is genetically modified food.

-What are it's advantages and disadvantages.

-How much of it are you eating.

What Is Genetically Modified Food?

The techniques of modern genetics have made possible the direct manipulation of the genetic makeup of organisms.In agriculture, genetic engineering allows simple genetic traits to be transferred to crop plants from wild relatives, other distantly related plants, or virtually any other organism.

Recombinant DNA technology thus has brought a new precision to the process of crop development, which traditionally selects desired traits through crosses between crops and their wild relatives (a laborious and relatively imprecise method).

Genetic modification can be used in many ways to control a variety of traits of plants, and the consequences of one manipulation may be completely different from another based on the traits modified.

"Genetically modified," "genetically engineered," or "transgenic" refer to the alteration of the genetic makeup of animals, plants and bacteria. Currently (2005) GM products include foods and food ingredients, medicines and vaccines, feeds and fibres.

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Genetic engineering techniques now allow scientists to insert specific genes into a plant or animal without having to go through the trial-and-error process of selective breeding. Genetic engineering is therefore extremely rapid compared to selective breeding. With genetic engineering, you can also cross species very easily (for example, you can create a plant that produces human insulin). The techniques are now standard and genes can be spiced very easily.