How Could Genetic Engineering Be Used To Help Us? What Are Your Views On It?
By: Hasan Abdullah
Genetic engineering can help the agricultural industry a lot by the growth of larger crops and the mass production of these crops. It can also help in the growth of crops in very extreme climates and the production of crops that will be less prone to diseases. Through this we can even control the biological pests and the cloning of the most genetically fit animals. Genetically modified plants are created by the process of genetic engineering, which allows scientists to move to move genetic material between organisms with the aim of changing ones characteristics.
Nature can produce organisms with new gene combinations through the process of sexual reproduction. A brown cow bred to a yellow cow may produce a calf of a completely new colour. Reproductive mechanisms limit the number of new combinations. A breeder who wants a purple cow would be able to breed toward one only if the necessary purple genes were available somewhere in a cow or a near relative to cows. A genetic engineer has no such restriction. This extraordinary ability to shuffle genes means that genetic engineers can create gene combinations that would never be found in nature.