At times, transgenic organisms and GMOs may be confused or referred to as the same thing. Here we explain the differences between the two.

How is a transgenic organism or GMO created? How is genetic engineering different from traditional agricultural breeding? With an ever-increasing global population, will transgenic organisms help …

Transgenic, or genetically modified (GM), organisms are produced by the transfer of one or more genes from a particular species of organism to another unrelated one.

Transgenic Organism Organisms that have had genes from other species inserted into their genome. Transgenic means that one or more DNA sequences from another species have been introduced by …

Genetically modified organism (GMO) is commonly used to describe any of these terms and vice versa: genetic modification (GM), GM seeds, biotechnology, biotech seeds, genetic engineering (GE) and …

Nat Graham is a sixth year doctoral candidate in the Division of Biological Sciences at the University of Missouri Columbia. His research focuses on improving genetic transformation in maize. He is also …

The Use of Transgenic Crops in Agriculture: Safety and Other Features Originally posted in Missouri Botanical Garden Research in February 2013. Confusion has arisen in India about the use of …

From University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources Publication 8183, Genetic Engineering Fact Sheet 6.

ENOGEN® is a transgenic product designed to deliver functionally superior thermo stable a-amylase expressed in corn feedstock bringing a range of benefits to the dry grind ethanol industry including: …

Part of this strategy was funding the Hawaii Department of Agriculture to develop a transgenic variety of papaya that would be resistant to papaya ringspot virus. This success story of one of the few public …