Transgenic engineering can be either natural or induced. A recent paper (Kyndt et al 2015 Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences 112: 5844) documents the natural transfer of some bacterial genes into sweet potato using exactly the same transferring system that is used by scientists to make some of the transgenic products now on the market.

(6) It is argued that the use of transgenic crops endangers the survival of traditional crop varieties and of the practices involved in cultivating them. Such replacement is a property of any modern crop variety , and it has nothing to do with transgenic varieties per se. India’s excellent National Bureau on Plant Genetic Resources does a ...

The 10 genetically modified crops available today: alfalfa, apples, canola, corn (field and sweet), cotton, papaya, potatoes, soybeans, squash and sugar beets.

How is a transgenic organism or GMO created? How is genetic engineering different from traditional agricultural breeding? With an ever-increasing global population, will transgenic organisms help increase carrying capacity or are there a greater threat to biodiversity? What are the major concerns about how transgenic organisms affect the ...

Nat Graham is a sixth year doctoral candidate in the Division of Biological Sciences at the University of Missouri Columbia. His research focuses on improving genetic transformation in maize. He is also the founder of a local program called “Science on Tap”, designed to give graduate students the opportunity to present their research to the community.

Research on genetically engineered salmon started in the mid-1980s. After years of research, access to a growth hormone gene and identifying the DNA sequence, the first transgenic salmon was created in 1989, but it wasn't until almost twenty years later, that the FDA approved this genetically altered salmon.

Transgenic, or genetically modified (GM), organisms are produced by the transfer of one or more genes from a particular species of organism to another unrelated one. The methods for transferring genes are barely 30 years old, and yet they have already had great success in producing and improving the characteristics of drugs, beer, cheese, and ...

Genetically modified organism (GMO) is commonly used to describe any of these terms and vice versa: genetic modification (GM), GM seeds, biotechnology, biotech seeds, genetic engineering (GE) and transgenic crops. What are GMO crops?

In 2001, Dr. Chan created the first transgenic monkey, and in 2008, he created the first transgenic monkey model of human inherited disease, Huntington’s disease (HD). This animal model is expected to lead to greater understanding of the underlying biology of HD and to the development of potential therapies.

Transgenic crops that have so far been released grow at the same rate as any other variety developed within a similar timeframe. While there are differences in growth rate, even within very similar genetic lines, this is entirely natural in its occurrence.