Gene Technology

[lightoftruth]

What is the basic theory behind gene technolgy in terms of how the genetic material is manipulated and changed?

[dawkins]

Genetic engineering is a broad term that describes any artifical process where DNA is manipulated to contain new or novel combinations of genes.

Basically this includes:

The joining together of DNA from two or more different organisms (recombinant DNA) which are then inserted into a host cell

Isolating a strand of DNA that contains a particular gene, removing the gene and re-introducing the modified DNA (splicing)

Creating artificial strands of DNA for insertion into a host