Genetic Engineering

Biology

Genetic engineering

Gene manipulation technique to modify an organism’s genetic material to produce a new combination of genes

Purpose of genetic engineering

Biologists can recombine the DNA or genome of an organism

Genome

Complete set of DNA

Genetically Modified Organism (GMO)

Animal, plant or microorganism that is produced by recombinant DNA technology

Recombinant DNA technology

Genetic engineering techniques that combine the genetic information of two different species of organisms

Genetically Modified Food (GMF)

Foods that possess DNA from other species of plants or animals.

Super salmon

Faster-growing fish where the Chinook salmon hormone gene is inserted into the Atlantic salmon genome

Potatoes that resistant to cold climates

The gene that causes tolerance to freezing condition from Arabidopsis sp. inserted into the potato genome

Insulin production

Insulin is produced through genetic engineering techniques through the use of Escherichia coli bacteria

The importance of the hormone insulin

Controls blood sugar levels