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For a variety of reasons.
Crops are bred for a greater yield per acre, larger fruit or vegetable size, more resistance to extremes of cold or heat, more resistance to insects, immunities to disease, etc.
These make better and more food for everyone. It allows us to maintain over 6 billion humans, where without such alterations and other agro-technologies, we'd scarce be able to feed 2 billion.
Look at the next 6 people you pass by. Know that four of them would not exist were it not for advances in farming - including genetic alterations.
(Note: Genetically altering also includes simply "selection", and has been done for several thousand years.)
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoFoods are genetically altered to produce bigger, better, or hardier versions of existing foods. For example, tomatoes have been altered to have a tougher skin so they don't bruise as easily.
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∙ 14y agoTo help improve crop yields and hopefully help alleviate world hunger.
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Who is paying for genetic engineering?
When it's done in a lab? In an academic lab it's the funding body (usually a charity or a wing of government). In industry that it would be the company itself. When it's done naturally? The parents, who end up with identical twins instead of a single baby.
How do you change the genes of a child?
Exposure to mutagens, such as chemicals, radiation ect. May I ask why you would want to do this?
Does ge netic engineering spread?
If what you meen is if I genetically engineer an organism can it reproduce the new code information the answer is yes ie humans have genetically engineered some bacteria to clean up oil spill but they don't want to have to make all five billion monera over and over again so the genetically modified organisms with parts in their body that are modified at a level of DNA will "spread" the gene and reproduce
Would you genetically engineer your child?
I would most definitely genetically engineer my child. The average human craves a child that won't get bullied or pushed around, but does not possess the mental strength of creating one that doesn't contain their flesh and blood. I want a badass child, so nothing would get in my way. Given the high (i.e. nonzero) probability that any child of mine would end up with a genetic disorder or propensity to an illness, removing the alleles responsible for those problems would much increase the quality of life for that child. On the other side of that, many problems caused by a lack of certain alleles or combinations of alleles can be repaired by simply ensuring the required allele combinations exist. On the whole, a GE child would have a better life.
What is the value of separating interface from implementation in object oriented programming?
Say for example you had the following files:interface.hinterface.cinterface_user.cThe code in interface.c can be altered in any way you want without having to change interface_user.c, as long as it complies with the specification in interface.h.
What are genetically engineered babies?
They are babies that the parents chose. so the parents can decide on what they want. For example if they want a blonde hair blue eyed baby girl then they can chose that. I think the genetically engineered babies would not be a good thing because you would know all there features. I'm not saying that finding out the gender of the baby is not a good thing personally i would do that but genetically engineered babies are totally different you would pick and chose all their features.
Why are somepeople against genetically modified food?
Because (artificially) genetically modified organisms may have unpredictable behaviors when let out into the natural environment. Why would you want to eat food that makes its own pesticides.
Southern leaders did not want to abolish slavery because?
because crops would fail, it would be hard toget sugar etc. because crops would fail, it would be hard toget sugar etc.
Would it be a good idea to genetically engineer giant turkeys and ride around on them?
No, They would become more intelligent then us and take over the world...PLANET OF THE TURKEYS... WHO NEEDS TANKS AND WAR PLANES?! WE GOT TURKEYS! What would happen to Thanksgiving?! Besides, we already have genetically engineered giant turkeys. They're called ostriches. And just for the record, why would you WANT to genetically engineer turkeys?
Why might people want genetically engineered food to be labeled?
Consumers want to have the tools necessary to choose for themselves whether or not to buy and eat GMO foods. Labeling is the only thing that will show them what foods do and do not contain GMOs, or at least so they think. In reality, cross pollination of GMO crops with non-GMO crops has resulted in almost all food types that have been genetically modified (corn, soybeans, papayas, canola, possibly wheat, sugar beats, sweet corn, and others), even ones labeled Non-GMO by the Non-GMO Project and organically grown crops, having at least a small percentage of GMOs.
Can nuclear power plants damage crops?
Only if there is an accident. Crops can still grow, but if they are tainted with fallout people would want to avoid eating them.
What factors to consider in selecting chicken breeds?
You want to choose a chicken that is genetically prepared to do what you would like them to do. For instance, if you want to breed chickens, look for a chicken that has the best traits.
What are genetically modified crops used for?
"Genetically modified" refers to the genes of the specific crop that have been changed in some way or another, scientifically. Genes are responsible for a particular trait in that person/ animal/plant etc. Eg: we have a gene that is responsible for the colour of our hair. Now in plants they have genes for yield production, for colour of the fruit that is produced etc. Genetically modified crops are therefore crops that have had their genes altered to make them more useful/appealing to us. Eg: The orange tree had been genetically modified to produce more oranges than the original tree. Therfore they altered the gene that had to do with the tree's production. I have recently heard that they have genetically altered the colour of brussel sprouts to make them more appealing to people - you can now buy purplish-red one's! They obviously altered the gene that dictates the colour of the vegetable. It is extremely interesting and fascinating but very scary and daunting at the same time! - just now they will be genetically altering us humans!!!!!!!!!!!!! Seeds have been modified, genes altered to make them resistant to certain herbicides or insects. Some plants have characteristics that occur naturally. Resistance to herbicides, such as round up, killing all pest plants and leaving the crop has been a practice of many farmers and very affordable.
Why did the European want African who were farmers?
The slaves who could farm would already know how to care for the crops.
What are genetically modified tomatoes?
genetically modified tomatoes are exactly what the name implies i.e tomatoes which have been genetically modified. if you want to know what genetic modification is you should not have said your question is different then "what is a genetically modified organism" to my knowledge there are no commercial varieties of genetically modified tomatoes available right now but i know they are working on: roundup ready tomatoes, brackish water tomatoes and varies disease immunities.
Why did the Europeans want African slaves who were farmers?
The slaves who could farm would already know how to care for the crops.
Why did colonies want land?
crops
