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Transgenes

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Genes engineered and moved into transgenic plants

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Green revolution

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Desire for greater quantity and quality of food for growing population in mid-late 20th century

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Monocultures

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Large expanse of single crop type

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Aquaculture

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Cultivation of aquatic organisms in controlled environments

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Seed Banks

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Institutions that preserve seed types as a kind of living museum in genetic diversity

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Pollination

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Process by which male sex cells of plan fertilize female sex cells of a plant

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Pest

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Organisms that damage crops valuable to us

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Weed

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Plant that competes with the crop

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Biotechnology

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Application of biological science to create products derived from organisms

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Benefits of GM foods

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Raise yields and lower cost, reduce environmental pressure

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Negatives of GM

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Can be detrimental to environment w carying of genes, issue of not knowing the future