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What is genetically modified?

Scientific means are used to extract the required genes from one organism, transfer them into another organism, and recombine with the genes of another organism, thus producing specific substances with excellent genetic traits. Transgenic technology can be used to cultivate new varieties and so on.

In fact, gene exchange, transfer and change are common phenomena in nature, and they are important forces to promote biological evolution.

It is precisely because of genetic changes that species can constantly have new characters, and further development will produce new species and form the colorful biodiversity in nature, so that our world can be so colorful.

transgenic means that scientists use engineering technology to transfer one or several genes of one organism to another organism, so that the latter organism can acquire new characters. For example, insect-resistant genes are transferred into cotton, rice or corn to cultivate transgenic cotton, rice or corn with resistance to insects such as cotton bollworm, leaf roller and corn borer.