GMO

Question 1

What is hybridisation?

Answer 1

The joining of complementary DNA from different sources

Question 2

What is a transgenic organism?

Answer 2

Organisms that carry in their genomes one or more genes artificially introduced from another species.

Question 3

What makes an organism transgenic?

Answer 3

They have foreign DNA from jellyfish incorporated into their DNA.
If the gene comes from a different species, the recipient organism is described as being a transgenic organism and, at the same time a GMO

Question 4

What is the difference between a transgenic organism and a GMO?

Answer 4

If the gene is from the same species, the organism is termed a GMO. If the gene comes from a different species, the recipient organism is described as being a transgenic organism and, at the same time,702 a GMO.

Question 5

How does a transgenic organism relate to GMO?

Answer 5

Transgenic organisms comprise a subgroup of GMOs that includes those GMOs where the alteration of the genome involves the genetic material from a DIFFERENT species. All transgenic organisms are GMOs, but not all GMOs are transgenic.