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Analyze DNA print and isolate beneficial gene
Traditional Breeding
Using viruses or Bacteria
Inter species crosses
Extract the beneficial gene to be transferred
Marker assisted selection
Injection with a fine needle
Purpose of GMOs
Genetic Modification
Insert selected beneficial gene into DNA of organism being genetically modified
Mutation Breeding
Biolistics (biological ballistics) Particle mediated gene transfer
1988
1972
Herbicide resistant crops
Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen
1800
Gregor Mendel
Present day
GMOs are becoming a part of our evolving agriculture. They are a simple concept of technology that leads to many new possibilities, although there is still a lot of uncertainty about whether their benefits outweigh their threats or the other way around. GMOs have become a part of modern agriculture that we cannot change.
1982
1970
US Supreme Court ruled that GMOs can be patented
Monsato Chemist John Franz