GMOs

Hi everyone!!

Today, I'm going to talk about GMOs (Genetic Modified Organisms). Well, I have to confess that I don't know anything about GMOs, but I searched information about that. GMO is an organism, such as, a plant, a mushroom or bacteria and an animal. This organism have had specific changes introduced into their DNA using the methods of genetic engineering to produce proteins of industrial interest or to improve some characteristics of organism, like resistance to plagues, nutrition quality, tolerance to frost and others characteristics.

GMOs are used, in agriculture to produce plants or animals that contain special characteristics, like fruit production, wood quality, resistance to plagues, milk and meat production, delay in maturation of food, for example tomatoes, this modification allow it have a better flavor. Besides, GMOs are used in Forestry, principally, in plantations, for example the genetic modification of forest trees allow a better growth, resistance to plagues and frost and a change in the contain of lignin, this point is useful to pulp and paper industry. By contrast, the modification of forest trees can be harmful, because these changes into their DNA can cause damages in the endemic fauna and flora of a place.

In my point of view GMOs can be useful to improve different kind of plants, but it must be used with caution. However, I reject the idea about used animals like GMOs.

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