pmaust Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Hi everyone, Buffy suggested that I post this question here. Here is my question: Since we are genetically modifing plants and animals, how can we know that it hasn't happened before? How would we detect artificial genetic manifpulation in plants and animals that we ourselves did not modify? Is there a way to test for this? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UncleAl Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 All commercial organisms are modified by breeding, selection, informal manipulation, or flat-out gene-gineering. Natural teosinte grass seed stored in copper vessels, plus motisure and a trace of corrosion, causes Cu-mediated oxidative chromosome fragmentation. The result is little corn. Be your own god of evolution. Frank gene-gineering requires bulk selection of modified clones versus unmodified cells. This is done by appending a gene for antibiotic resistance. A slurry of transformed cells is plated in medium containing the lethal antibiotic. Surviving cells have been genetically modified. Gene-gineered organisms can then be ID'd by assaying for inserted resistance genes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmaust Posted October 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Thanks for the reply. I went off and did a little reading up on teosinte grass which also gave me some additional clues. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infamous Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 All commercial organisms are modified by breeding, selection, informal manipulation, or flat-out gene-gineering..Good to see you back Uncle, your expertise is valued here at Hypography. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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