What are Transgenic Organisms (GMOs)?
These are plants, animals, microorganisms or human beings in which one or more genes from another species have been inttroduced; for example, plants with genes from animals, humans or microorganisms, or vice versa. With this, the dynamic evolutionary and reproductive systems of life are broken. The former barriers, where it was only possible to cross-breed members of the same species, are now non-existent. To produce these transgenic organisms, they use techniques like bombardment with micro-particles of gold or tungsten covered with the DNA which they are trying to introduce, or the micro-injection of DNA into germ cells or embryos. Another technique uses biological vehicles like viruses or bacteria to introduce the new genes through artificial chromosomes, or even the creation of synthetic DNA. Transgenic Foods Worldwide there are 37 million hectares sown to transgenic crops, which compared to the world’s agricultural area of 1,400 million hectares is 2.6%. From this area is obtained
