Question
What are genetically modified organisms? Name two factors on which their behaviour depends.

Answer

Plants, fungi, bacteria and animals that have had their DNA manipulated to possess and express an extra (foreign) gene are known as genetically modified organisms.

The two factors on which the behaviour of such organisms depend are:

  1. Nature of gene transferred.
  2. Nature of the host cell.

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