Paper 1: Genetic Engineering

Question 1

What is genetic engineering?

Answer 1

Changing the genome (DNA) of an organism

Question 2

How does generic engineering work?

Answer 2

Gene for a characteristics is ‘cut out’ of a chromosome (using an enzyme)
Gene is inserted into a chromosome inside the nucleus of a cell in a different organism
The cell of the organism produces the characteristics from the gene

Question 3

What are GM crops?

Answer 3

Plants that have been genetically modified to give new characteristics like resistant to attack by insects or resistant herbicides