Ti plasmid

Genetically Modified Foods Based on our studies, for years ancient farmers had been altering the genetic makeup of many crops. The old day approaches used to be simple and new varieties of produces were made through a mixture of trial and error, without knowing the exact function of the genes being moved around. The ancient farmers would pick an organism with a favorable trait or characteristic and would match them with some distantly related species through forced pollinations (Wilson, 2013). According

introduce the genes of other species into plants. The most popular and effective method is Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. The other is particle bombardment. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation involves the transfer of a gene into the Ti (tumor-inducing) plasmid of Agrobacterium. Upon infection of the host plant, Agrobacterium exploits the immune response to incorporate its DNA into that of the host. This process results in a plant that expresses the gene of another organism that is stably integrated

LAS 432 Course Capstone Project Genetically Modified Organisms LAS 432 -93 Professor: Carolyn Paul June 23, 2013 Team B Team Leader: Michele Jacobs - D#03424398 Team Members: Aakash Desai – D#01297308 Thomas Graf - D#01260952 Justin Greene - D#03529375 Lauren Kaminski - D#00724282 Stephanie Lopez - D#03452598 Terrance O’Connor - D#01683321 Abstract This report discusses Genetically Modified Organisms from the perspective of a pro and con standpoint. It will be up