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Genetically Modified Organisms

By: Priyanka Jain
In: Green Food: An A-to-Z Guide
Edited by: Dustin Mulvaney & Paul Robbins
Subject:Environmental Technology, Policy & Management, Environmental Policy
Keywords:crop plants; crops; genes; herbicides; insects; monoculture; pests

All cultivated plants have been genetically modified over centuries through traditional processes of selection and breeding. The term genetically modified organism (GMO) specifically describes a type of genetic modification in which the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) of microbes, plants, and animals is ...

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  Jain, P. (2011). Genetically modified organisms. In D. Mulvaney, & P. Robbins (Eds.), Green food: An A-to-Z guide (pp. 217-223). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971874.n75
  
  Jain, Priyanka. "Genetically Modified Organisms." In Green Food: An A-to-Z Guide, edited by Mulvaney, Dustin, and Paul Robbins, 217-23. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971874.n75.
  
  Jain, P. 2011. Genetically Modified Organisms. In: Dustin Mulvaney and Paul Robbins Editors, 2011. Green Food: An A-to-Z Guide, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 217-223 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971874.n75> [Accessed 16 Apr 2021].
  
  Jain, Priyanka. "Genetically Modified Organisms." Green Food: An A-to-Z Guide. Edited by Dustin Mulvaney and Paul Robbins. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2011, pp. 217-23. SAGE Knowledge. 16 Apr 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412971874.n75.
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