B2.2.6

Question 1

What is biotechnology

Answer 1

Is the use of biological processes or living organisms to manufacture products, one example is genetically modified (GM) organisms. These are created when foreign genes are transferred into an organism.

Question 2

What is genetic modification another name for

Answer 2

Is another name for genetic engineering

Question 3

How do you genetically modify an organism

Answer 3

It includes an extra stage, during which the engineered bacterium or virus carries the modified gene into a plant or animal cell. Plasmids, bacteria and viruses can all be used as vectors to transfer a foreign gene into an organism.

Question 4

What is the different step

Answer 4

The virus is injected into a plant cell. This is called insertion. The new gene is inserted into the host DNA. The new gene begins to work. The host is now a GMO. The GMO is then cloned producing a large number of individuals.