Nutrition & You (4th Edition)
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To examine: Whether the statement, “The majority of soybeans grown in the United States to produce soybean oil and other products are genetically modified”, is true or false.
Introduction: Genetic engineering is the introduction of foreign DNA into host genome. The genetic engineering enhances the quality of economically important species. It is also employed to produce pharmaceutical products in large quantity. Genetic engineering produces genetically modified plant (GM plant). GM plant has high yield, nutritional value, and herbicide resistant.
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