what is the relationship between genetically modified organisms,transgenes and the animal kingdom?
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animals can be genetically modified to produce more milk in cows. mouse is used in transgenic approach to identify teh effect of deletion in a gene locus or mutations.
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also known as gene bank.it is the complete collection of entire genome of an organism in the form of plasmid clones with recombinant dna inserts from the genome of the organism
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biotechnology is seen by many as one of the most advanced form of technology.according to me biotechnology is engineering for the animals.it is a blend of biology and chemistry that is used to cure, incurable diseases just by correcting the very genes or cells that cause the disease.an engineer aspiring to become a doctor can make a great biotechnologist.
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Humans have bin genetically modifying food ever sints thy started to cultivate food.For example the Tomato, Corn,Peaches,Apricots,Squash,Cauliflower brocly,Cows, Sheep. Even your Dog and Cats.
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In general changes to the DNA of a species poses a risk of unexpected results.  Nature is generally in more or less of an equilibrium.  When sudden changes occur that balance can be upset.  Like when new predators are introduced into an area and their prey is wiped out.  Or when a plant is introduced to a new area and spreads uncontrollably.\n\nCreating "new" plants can have the same kind of impact as moving plants around from one part of the world to another.\n\nAdditionally there is some concern that taking DNA from one plant and embedding it in another plant's DNA (e.g. to improve resistance to insects, drought, etc.) could have adverse effects (e.g. producing allergic reactions where none had existed).\n\nThere's no right answer.  As with any technology we have to weigh the total impact (on humans, the environment, etc.).
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Might want to be slightly more specific in the question.\n\nCloning, can refer to the copying of a complete individual. Or it can mean a single cell's complete genome has been copied for use in a gene library so that a specific gene can be separated out and studied.\n\nGenetic engineering, is manipulating the genes of a plant or animal, so that deleterious phenotypes, or even advantageous phenotypes can be bread in or out. Say like making a tomato last longer or stay nice and shiny red.
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Variablility is important in fighting epidemics.  Something that can make one individual animal sick might not make another sick, provided that other animal is unique.  Similar genes means similar genetic bases for immunity--a disease that afflicts one can afflict all.\n\nTraditional agriculture is also based on the idea of artificial selection, which improves the livestock over generations.  Cloning means no variation, which retards the idea of improving the qualities of livestock.\n\nFinally, it's pointlessly expensive.  Why get a cell biologist to transfect genes when a bull will do it for free?
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A clone is a group of identical genes, cells, or organisms derived from a single ancestor. For example a living thing.\n\nA copy refers to a reproduction of a photo, copy, or other pieces of work.
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No, science cannot feed the world, we are already overpopulated and technology can only take us so far. There will always be starving countries unfortunately. All foods that we eat have been modified, and yes, despite scares genetically modified foods are generally ok.
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There is no magic number.\n\nIt is not a matter of genetic distance as much as it is number of chromosomes, and other pre- and post-zygotic barriers.\n\nGiven that we are all very genetically close (by the numbers at least) it will be interesting to see what the future brings in the way of hybridization of animals (plants have already been messed with A TON).
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Crops are genetically engineered to be resistant to particular insect pests. For example, toxin genes (Bt toxin) from a bacterium found in soil (Bacillus thuringiensis) are inserted into the crop DNA so that the plants produce toxins specifically deadly to the larvae of their pest insects. \nSoybeans have been genetically modified to resist herbicides that would normally kill them. \nPlants are genetically modified to ensure longer shelf life or greater resistance to frost. \nFarm animals (such as pigs, cows and chickens) are genetically modified for faster growth rates, leaner muscle-to-fat ratios or superior resistance to disease. \nPlants are modified to yield higher protein or nutrient levels, or produce healthier oils containing ‘functional food’ components such as omega 3 fatty acids. \nGenetically modified cows can produce milk that contains higher levels of bioactive milk proteins or human blood clotting components or a human breast milk component.
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Can you explain your Q more?\nbut I can say genetic regultaion is very important in biotech\nfrom the simplest task like protein expression \n( we need to control the expression by gene regulation such as using lac operon so that the protein which may be toxic or unnatural to the host can be expressed in desirable time)\nto very advance task gene regulation is heavily involved
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The lot of genetic sequencing. Although, both being mammals, there is a great deal of genetic similarity. However, a change of less that 1% of an organism's genetic code makes a vastly different creature, such as in the difference between a chimpanzee and a human, which share between 98% and 99% of the same DNA.
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Technically genetically modified food could do anything, very expensive and possibly a big waste of time, but in theory it probably could work
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moratorium on geEnvironmentalists and food security activists in India have renewed calls for a moratorium on genetically modified (GM) foods and crops after rats reportedly secretly tested with GM corn diets by the U.S. agribusiness and biotech giant Monsanto developed blood and organ abnormalities. its taotally banon GM  food
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Special Reports On Key Topics In Science And TechnologyGM Organisms: Instant Expert\n \nBy far the most common genetically modified (GM) organisms are crop plants. But the technology has now been applied to almost all forms of life, from pets that glow under UV light to bacteria which form HIV-blocking "living condoms" and from pigs bearing spinach genes to goats that produce spider silk.\n\nGM tomatoes, as puree, first appeared on British supermarket shelves in 1996 (a different fresh GM tomato first appeared in the US in 1994), but the consumer furore that surrounded GM technology did not erupt until February 1999. This was because a controversial study suggested that a few strains of GM potatoes might be toxic to laboratory rats. Those experiments, subsequently criticised by other experts, were carried out in Scotland by biochemist Arpad Pustzai.\n\nWhat followed was a European anti-GM food campaign of near religious fervour. Spearheaded in the UK by environmental groups and some newspapers, the campaign would have far-reaching consequences. It culminated in an unofficial moratorium on the growth and import of GM crops in Europe and led to a trade dispute with the US.\n\nGM crops are today very rare in Europe, strict labelling laws and regulations are in place for food (DNA bar codes), and public opinion towards the technology remains largely negative. Several UK government reports have offered qualified support for GM crops and produce, though they argue that the economic benefits of the technology are currently small. Some African nations have also opposed engineered crops, even to the point of rejecting international food aid containing them.\n\nGM produce has been taken up with far less fuss in the US (where it does not have to be labelled), India, China, Canada, Argentina, Australia and elsewhere. However controversy over a type of GM corn - only approved for animal feed - which turned up in taco shells and other products stirred opinion in the US.\n\nBiotech revolution\nThe human race has methodically improved crop plants through selective breeding for many thousands of years, but genetic engineering allows that time-consuming process to be accelerated and exotic traits from unrelated species to be introduced. But not everyone agrees this is represents progress.\n\nThe root of genetic engineering in crops lies in the 1977 discovery that soil bug Agrobacterium tumefaciens can be used as a tool to inject potentially useful foreign genes into plants. With the help of that microbe, and other gene-implantation technologies such as electroporation, and gene guns, geneticists have developed a multitude of new crop types.\n\nMost of these are modified to be pest, disease or herbicide resistant, and include: soya, wheat, corn (maize), oilseed rape (canola), cotton, sugar beet, walnuts, potatoes, peanuts, squashes, tomatoes, tobacco, peas, sweet peppers, lettuce and onions, among others. The bacterial gene Bt is one of the most commonly inserted. It produces an insecticidal toxin that is harmless to people.\n\nSupporters of GM technology argue that engineered crops - such as vitamin A-boosted golden rice or protein-enhanced potatoes - can improve nutrition, that drought- or salt-resistant varieties can flourish in poor conditions and stave off world hunger, and that insect-repelling crops protect the environment by minimising pesticide use.\n\nOther plants have been engineered to improve flavour, increase shelf life, increase hardiness and to be allergen-free (see also: hay fever-free grass). Geneticists have even created a no-tears onion to banish culinary crying, and novel caffeine-free coffee plants.\n\n"Frankenfood" fears\nCritics fear that what they call "Frankenstein foods" could have unforeseen, adverse health effects on consumers, producing toxic proteins (and allergens) or transferring antibiotic-resistance and other genes to human gut bacteria to damaging effect. But there has been little
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Arabidopsis thaliana, commonly called arabidopsis, Thale Cress, or Mouse-ear Cress, a small flowering plant related to cabbage and mustard, is one of the model organisms for studying plant sciences, including genetics and plant development. It plays the role for plant science that mouse and fruit fly (Drosophila) play in human biology.