BiologyCode 5090
Genetic modification
What this topic asks you to be able to do
- Describe genetic modification as altering an organism's genetic material through the removal, alteration or insertion of single genes
- Understand that a gene coding for the manufacture of human insulin has been placed into the DNA of bacteria, to make insulin on a commercial scale
- Outline how genetic modification is applied to crop plants by inserting genes that give resistance to herbicides, give resistance to insect pests, or supply extra vitamins
- Discuss the possible benefits and hazards of genetic modification, limited to changing crop plants and bacteria