Research Paper on:
Genetic Engineering and Agriculture

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for by Melody Bussey, 11/01 to Use This Report Correctly, Please visit : /aftersale.htm Decades ago the terms genetic  engineering and biotechnology would have been unfamiliar to most of the working population. Now, a scant fifteen years into the future and the word genetics is as common as internet.  Like the internet, whether we are aware of it or not, genetic engineering has made its way into every household in America, via the kitchen. Genetic engineering, however, isnt  a new concept. Farmers/breeders of livestock always reserved the best of their prospective harvests for the purpose of gaining a better product that produced larger yields, with fewer diseases. However,  what would have taken farmers and ranchers years, now can be accomplished in one generation and we call it agricultural bio-engineering. In the past, cross breeding was used to  pass genetic traits on to successive progeny. Now, however, the technology exists that will allow scientists to remove individual genes and transplant them between species. It is now possible  to transfer traits between plants and animals (Dalglish, 1995). Scientists at the University of Calgary, for instance, have transplanted a human gene into canola plants (Dalglish 1995). Their goal  is to determine whether they can use the plant to synthesize a protein that may have immunological properties for human beings. Champions of genetic engineering say that biotechnology is the  best new hope we have for producing easily renewable products. One such example is the Canola plant which produces Canola oil. With a few changes on the molecular level, industrial  oils and vehicle fuels could be produced. The canola oils are not only renewable, experts say that they cause less environmental pollution than traditional petroleum-based products (Dalglish, 1995). Tobacco