meaning of GMO
“Genetically Modified Organism”
is the result of a laboratory process where genes from the DNA of one species are extracted and artificially forced into the genes of an unrelated plant or animal.
“Genetically
Modified Organism”
may come from bacteria,
viruses, insects, animals or even humans.
foreign genes
this involves the transfer of genes,
GMOs are also known as
“transgenic” organisms
year of artificial selection of wolves began
30,000 BCE
year of oldest evidence of artificially selected crops
7, 800 BCE
year when boyer and choen develop Genetic engineering
1973
year when jaenisch and mintz create first GE animal
1974
when did asilomar conference sets guidelines for future GE experiments
1975
when sis us supreme court allowed patenting of GE organism
1980
when sis FDA approves Humulin the first pharmaceutical manufactured using GE technology
1982
when did FLAVR SAVR tomatoes become first GE food crop approved by US department of agriculture
1992
when did US EPA approves the first insecticide producing crop
1995
when was hebricide resistant crops first introduced
1996
when was golden rice engineered to mitigate Vitamin A deficiency
2000
when was the pharmaceutical ATryn becomes the first biological produced by GE animal to be approved by the US FDA
2009
coined by Jack Williamson
Genetic Engineering
showed tht DNA molecule has a double helix structure
James Watson and Fracis Crick
created the first recombinant DNA molecules by combining DNA from the monkey virus SV40 with that of the lambda virus
Paul Berg
created the first transgenic organism by inserting antibiotic resistance genes in to the plasmid of an E.coli Bacterium
Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen
where did the first trials of genetically engineered plants occurred
France and USA in 1986
were engineered to be resistant to herbicide
tobacco plants
