GMOs

Question 1

GM technology allows the transfer of genes between different species

Answer 1

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Question 2

GM plants

Answer 2

Improve cultivation by pest and herbicide resistance.

Some have been modified to improve human health. For eg golden rice & the banana which acts as a vaccine for hepatitis B.

Question 3

GM Plants

Answer 3

Modified for improved growth rate or to produce specific substances in milk, eggs or blood.
For eg the production of human proteins in cow’s milk

Question 4

Social implications

Answer 4

Large production which leads to cheaper prices

Question 5

Ethical implications

Answer 5

Farmers cant keep the seed for sowing the following crop - does not suit small farmers in developing countries
can lead to super weeds
GMO crops require more herbicides and just as much pesticides as normal crops.

Question 6

Environmental implications

Answer 6

disease resistance among plants

creation of enviropigs who need les phosphorous

Question 7

medical implication

Answer 7

production of human proteins for medical use - insulin, human g hormone etc.
prevent transmission if bird flu by chickens

Question 8

GMOs

Answer 8

These are Transgenic organisms- that is they have one or more foreign genes that are expressed. Promotor sequences of DNA have been inserted alongside the gene so that it can be expressed in the host organism.