genetically modified (GM) food
Definition
Meat and edible plants radically modified through genetic engineering (GE). Although humans have genetically modified animal and plants since the beginning of civilization, they did it through selective breeding—possible only within the same specie through natural reproduction over decades or centuries. GE techniques, however, can transfer genetic material from any source to another—to instantly create utterly different variants. Since alien genes are not welcomed by the existing genes, suppressive GE techniques must be used to force the animal or plant to accept them. Such artificially mutated foods are a source of unresolved controversy over the uncertainty of their long-term effects on humans and food chains.
genetically modified (GM) food is in the Industries, Manufacturing, & Technology subject.
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