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- Genetically Modified Foods and Organisms - Overview of genetically modified foods, crops, organisms. Pros and cons of genetic modification.
- Genetically Modified Rice - Offers a basic overview incorporating both potential benefits and risks as well as a basic description of the modification method used .
- Genetically Manipulated Food News - Information on the spread of genetic modification in the food supply as well as the politics and legal issues. Searchable index by subject and date.
- Designer Seeds - Explores recent advances in the genetic engineering of plants, that have developed crops genetically endowed not only to resist damage from insects but also to be resistant to herbicides.
- Transgenic Crops - Features information about transgenic crops, also known as genetically modified organisms, GMOs, or GM crops. Includes links to other resources on the technology and issues surrounding transgenic crops .
- Biotechnology, Breeding and Seed Systems for African Crops - BBSS - Provides news and information on recent research and policy developments involving improvement of crops. Includes available grants, publications, training, and discussion forum.
- Crop Biotech Net - Information service that provides regular updates and information about the global status of crop biotechnology, products and issues, regular news, communication materials, and links to other information sources.
- Bacillus Thuringiensis in GMO Crops - Describes the benefits and risks associated with using Bt proteins in farming and using Bt genes in GMO crops to manufacture the natural insecticide. Features history, how it works, and safety.
- Ohio State University's Plant Transformation Laboratory - Studies and refines methods of crop plant transformation. Includes transgenic soybean and wheat, laboratory images, and related links.
- DNX Transgenic Sciences - Contract research organization specializing in the genetic modification of mice and rats using gene addition, gene targeting, homologous recombination, and microinjection techniques.
Wikipedia Articles
- Genetic engineering - Genetic engineering, recombinant DNA technology, genetic modification/manipulation (GM) and gene splicing are terms that are applied to the direct manipulation of an organisms genes.
- Human genetic engineering - Human genetic engineering refers to the controlled modification of the human genome, which is the genome of Homo Sapiens composed of 23 pairs of chromosomes with a total of approximately 3 billion DNA base pairs containing an estimated 30,000 genes. DNA provides the genetic blueprint for all living organisms that influences the physical and ...
- Genetic evolution - Genetic evolution refers to the change in gene frequency, which is the frequency of alleles in a breeding population from generation to generation. This term is used by population genetics for a more specific definition than the one given for the term evolution (“descent with modification over the generations”).
- Post-transcriptional modification - Post transcriptional modification is a genetic process in cell biology by which, in eukaryotic cells, primary transcript RNA is converted into mature RNA. It is most often associated with the conversion of precursor messenger RNA into mature messenger RNA (mRNA), which is also known as splicing, during the larger process of protein synthesis.
- Florigene - Florigene is a biotechnology company based in Melbourne, Australia which is principally involved in the application of in-house genetic modification techniques to develop novel colour expressions in a range of commercial plants.