GE CLST M71A Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Glofish, Genetic Engineering, Canola
3 Nov 2016
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Genetically engineered organisms (aka gmo = genetically modified organisms) Pig with double muscles for leaner and more meat. Person w/ gene that cures lethal genetic disease = gmo. Genes obey the same rules using either classical or molecular genetic engineering approaches. All organisms use the same process and rules to generate traits (and same molecules and chemistry) Population gets wealthier, increased demand for meat, increased demand for plants to feed animals. Over the next 50 years, we will need to produce more food than in the whole of human history. Have to do this with fewer inputs available. There is a constant battle between crops and environment that affects yield. Thus crop yields must be increased using every discovery and technique available. One example from los angeles and ucla history. 1929: 18,000 farms in la county = highest agricultural producing county in us. People started moving to la after war, more people = less land for agriculture.
