· Genetic engineering, sometimes called genetic modification, is the process of altering the DNA? in an organism’s genome?.
· This may mean changing one base pair? (A-T or C-G), deleting a whole region of DNA, or introducing an additional copy of a gene?.
· It may also mean extracting DNA from another organism’s genome and combining it with the DNA of that individual.
· Genetic engineering is used by scientists to enhance or modify the characteristics of an individual organism.
· Genetic engineering can be applied to any organism, from a virus? to a sheep.
· For example, genetic engineering can be used to produce plants that have a higher nutritional value or can tolerate exposure to herbicides.
