Genetically modified organism (GMO) or genetically engineered organism (GEO)

A genetically modified organism (GMO) or genetically engineered organism (GEO) is an organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques.

GloFish, the first genetically modified

animal to be sold as a pet

Uses of GMO
Production of Pharmaceutical drugs Agriculture  Experimental medicine ( Gene Therapy)

Transgenic DNA from another species has been inserted and recombined with the original organism's DNA

Cisgenic where DNA from the same species is used in order to select specific traits.

Difference between Cloning and GMO s

When you genetically modify an organism, let's say you incorporate a gene for a pesticide resistance in a tomato, you a get an organism with new functions, new genes and sometimes phenotypes. When you clone the organism you get the exact copy of the organism that you cloned, functions, phenotypes, genotypes everything is exactly the same.

GMO PRODUCTS : ANIMALS

Ruppy [or Ruby Puppy]

Herman the Bull (16 December 1990 2 April 2004)

was the first genetically modified or transgenic bovine in the world.

THE ENVIROPIG IS THE TRADEMARK FOR A GENETICALLY MODIFIED LINE OF YORKSHIRE PIGS WITH THE CAPABILITY TO DIGEST PLANT PHOSPHORUS MORE EFFICIENTLY THAN ORDINARY UNMODIFIED PIGS THAT WAS DEVELOPED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH.

Biosteel s transgenic goats

BioSteel is a trademark name for a high-strength based fiber material made of the recombinant spider silk-like protein extracted from the milk of transgenic goats made by Nexia Biotechnologies.

Knockout Rat

A knockout rat is a genetically engineered rat with a single gene turned off through a targeted mutation (gene trapping) used for academic and pharmaceutical research. Knockout rats can mimic human diseases and are important tools for studying gene function (functional genomics) and for drug discovery and development

Emerald Green Sea Slug

It looks more like a leaf than a slimy gastropod, but the emerald sea slug may be the first known naturally-occurring transgenic species. This creature confounded researchers like Mary Rumpho of the University of Maine, who discovered that it is able to use the chloroplasts from the algae on which it feeds to create energy by photosynthesis. No other animals have the genes necessary to utilize chloroplasts this way.