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* use a bacteria called agrobacterium * use pellet guns * use plasmids * use electic shock

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Q: How do you genetically alter plants?
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Should you genetically alter humans for the sake of improving intelligence?

No.


How do you write a sentence using the word genetically?

Scientists, are working on being able to genetically alter animals for further needs.


How does a fruit become seedless?

genetic crossbreeding and genetic modification. They genetically alter its DNA


Why do you artificially produce plants?

to speed the natural reproductive process to produce genetically identical plants


What type or reproduction produces plants that are genetically identical?

asexual


Why do people prefer to eat foods that are not genetically engineered?

Because the long term affects of eating genetically engineered plants are unknown.


Why do some people prefer to eat that are not genetically engineered?

People prefer to eat foods that are not genetically engineered because the long term effects of eating genetically engineered plants is unknown.


What does GMO stand for?

GMO stands for a Genetically Modified Organism.


Why do some people prefer eat foods that are not genetically engineered?

People prefer to eat foods that are not genetically engineered because the long term effects of eating genetically engineered plants is unknown.


What characteristic is often genetically engineered in crop plants?

By far the characteristic that is most often genetically engineered into crop plants is resistance to herbicides, with engineering crops to produce a substance that kills insects into the plant itself a close second.


What are some risks of genetically engineering plants?

When plants, especially crop plants. are genetically engineered they are completely uniform in all characteristics. They have no genetic diversity. If the crop should be attacked by pests that it has no defense for, all will be affected and perhaps die, and the crop would be totally worthless.


Is it possible to genetically engineer plants to be more efficient at photosynthesis?

Yes, absolutely.