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Showing posts with label #GMO. Show all posts

10 Real Breakthroughs in Green Biotechnology

               Agricultural Biotechnology's real developments

           Green Biotechnology made real advancement is classical agriculture approaches. The newly emerged branch developed the agriculture all branches for example plant breeding and genetics, pathological studies of plants, entomology and many more. There are following revolutionary steps appeared which are given below;
  1. Genome sequencing helped to sequence the whole genome of major crops that aided selective breeding to enhanced the genetically controlled traits and decreased the duration of breeding cycle. 
  2. Genetically modified crops(GMO) are the revolution in green biotechnology, it is reported fact that about 57 major and minor plant species modified with the help of biotechnological approaches.
  3. Gene Biotechnology is used to transfer gene from one plant variety to another variety even inter-specific or inter-generic transfer became feasible. 
  4. Non Gene Biotechnology is most widely used branch in agricultural biotechnology in different ways like tissue culture and hybrid seed production etc.
  5. Bio-fortification improved crop nutrient values and enhanced the calories that mitigate the population needs of food with better quality.
  6.  Comparative genomics aided the bio technologists to study the evolutionary history of plants and their interrelationship at gene level.
  7. Epi-genetics variations are also helpful for breeding process in crop plants are the fruit of agricultural biotechnology.
  8.  Increased food production, milk production, meat production with the help of genetic engineering are the real advancements of green biotechnology.
  9. Disease resistance crops, herbicide tolerance, fertilizer responsive varieties, insect tolerance and resistance, and high yielding varieties are the real breakthroughs of research in this field.
  10. Tissue culture,Somoclonal variation, micro propagation and haploid production are the success stories of biotechnology.



10 Key Reasons that scientists use ESCHERICHIA COLI as a Model Organism

Why ESCHERICHIA COLI as a Model Organism in Biotechnology?


                  Scientists says E.coli as a Molecular Biologist tool Box
There are following reasons that E.coli is used widely in experiments:

  1. E.coli is a Gram negative Bacillus, generally harmless in nature for human beings.
  2. The rod shape bacterium which is found in the lower intestine of warm blooded animals shows fast growth in culture media. Stains make colony and shows purity in easiest way.
  3. The third and foremost important reason is the well understood genetic and genomics knowledge. Its genome sequenced in 1997, one of the earliest sequenced genome sequenced in the history.
  4. E.coli based biosensors are helpful to identify the genes of targets like biotic or abiotic traits controlling genes.
  5. Its temperature requirement under invivo reactions are similar to the human beings.
  6. E.coli can grow with or without the availability of oxygen.
  7. Rarely unwanted mutations appeared in cultures.
  8. It shows rapid reproduction with small in size. About 2 billion copies from a single cell and 4.5 to 5.5 Mbps genome size.
  9. The presence of extraordinary Plasmids with multiple characters.
  10. It has simple nutritional requirements as compared to others.



10 Reasons to leave the Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO)

                             No More use of Genetically Modified Organism(GMO)

5 Major Effects on Genetically Modified organism:

  1. Genetically modified organisms consist of multiple deleterious genes with beneficial genes.
  2. Genetically altered organisms are vulnerable for further mutations.DNA integration in host genome cause insertions mutagenesis. 
  3. These organisms are easier targets for the pandemic disease due to lower resistance against disease.
  4. Organism face stress due to gene manipulation.
  5. Some modified organisms face infertility.


5 Major Effects on Human Health:

  1. Sometimes GMO cause allergic reactions in peoples.
  2. Nature can't afford the alterations or interfere in true breeding.
  3. GMO plants most of the times produce the toxic pollen that cause the danger for the health of insects.
  4. It is reported infant mortality and cancer in humans by GMO.
  5. GMO cause the reductions in Immune system in humans.
Conclusion:
       Heavy cost, less available, species stress, ecosystem threat and vulnerable to disease and pest give us the solid reasons to leave the GMO. Further you want to study or references than join us in discussions. 
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