Genetic modification is back on the political agenda in New Zealand. The issue may not be as hotly contentious as it once was ...

Paying homage to Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars trilogy of books and to the film Interstellar, our readers consider the upsides ...

The public release webinar for the release of Heritable Genetic Modification in Food Animals will be on this page on February ...

Genetic modification, a cornerstone of innovation in agriculture and medicine, is now emerging as a transformative tool in ...

The Plant and Animal Genomics conference recently held in San Diego showcased the ways that rapidly advancing technologies can be used in the crop and livestock sectors ...

Genetic engineering, also known as genetic modification, is a set of technologies used to change the genetic makeup of cells, including the transfer of genes within and across species boundaries to ...

All living species are classified using the system developed by Linnaeus. Genetic modification - Edexcel Genetic modification are techniques used to remove a gene or genes from one species and ...

Other genetic solutions are in development. Tadpole cannibalism has inspired a team at Macquarie University to engineer ...

They are commonly cereals, fruit and vegetables. We can change (or modify) crops in two key ways - selective breeding and genetic modification. A common example of genetic modification involves ...

Hybrid maize is different from Genetically Modified (GMO) Maize. Changing plants and animals through traditional breeding takes a long time and it is difficult to make specific changes.