JULIA CRISTINE A.

GALINO
STEM 12-C

GENERAL BIOLOGY 2
Transgenic Plants

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Rice “Golden Rice” ★ Resistance to

➔ Genetically engineered to infections, bacteria,
biosynthesize beta-carotene, a viruses, and other
precursor to vitamin A, in the biotic and abiotic
rice's edible sections. stresses.

Potato ★ Among the objectives

➔ Genes are modified, using of modification are
genetic engineering. the introduction of
insect resistance,
adjusting the
concentrations of
specific compounds
generated by the
plant, the production
of vaccines, and
preventing browning
or bruising of the
tubers.

Tomato ★ Resistance to specific

➔ Genes are modified, using pests, diseases, or
genetic engineering. environmental
conditions, or
resistance to
chemical treatments.
Other purposes of
genetic modification
of crops is to enhance
its nutritional value,
as seen in the case of
golden rice.

Papaya ★ To resist papaya

➔ Papaya has been genetically ringspot virus
modified by inserting ringspot
virus into the genetic code.

Soybean ★ Modified to improve

➔ Gene from a soil bacteria has the quality of soy oil.
been used to create transgenic Soy oil has a fatty
soybean plants that enable the acid profile that
use of a pesticide that would makes it susceptible
typically kill soybeans. to oxidation, which
makes it rancid,
which limits its
usefulness in the food
industry.
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Rabbit “Alba” ★ Transgenic rabbits

➔ Transgenic line of have been most
glow-in-the-dark rabbits, commonly used as
using the genes of jellyfish. models for studies of
Created at the University of cardiovascular
Hawaii: Monoa diseases, such as
atherosclerosis,
hypertrophic
cardiomyopathy, and
long QT syndrome, in
addition to their use
in studies of cancers,
AIDS, and other
human diseases.

Salmon “AquAdvantage Salmon” ★ For increasing fish

➔ These genetically engineered production to meet
salmon grow faster in the the growing due to
market in size than the demand of food due to
conventional Atlantic salmon. increase in world
population. Also helps
in production of
pharmaceutical and
other industrial
products.

Cows ★ Transgenic cows aids

➔ Genetically modified cows the production of
with an extra gene inserted therapeutic proteins,
into their DNA. Made for produces functional
enhanced production of milk food such as milk and
and molecular farming also improves the
food quality of
products.

Dog ★ Scientist seek to

➔ A cloned beagle named achieve specific
“Ruppy” is the world’s first oestrogen receptors
transgenic dog that produces in dogs to
fluorescent protein that glows understand the
red under ultraviolet light. hormone effects on
fertility. Also, to
increase life span,
improve reproductive
cycle and aids vaccine
production

Mosquitoes ★ The modification in

➔ Transgenic line of mosquitoes mosquitoes impairs
produced in the laboratory malaria parasite
which lay carry self-limiting development and has
and fluorescent marker genes. reduced the number
of germs that
decreases the chance
of plague .
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