Genetically modified organisms
By: Victoria Liu Ving Tong “How peculiar,” I thought. The corn in the supermarket was divided into two sections despite looking identical. Upon closer examination, the section of corn on the left had a lower cost than the right. Out of pure curiosity I decided to purchase a corn from each section. Upon tasting both corns, the corn from the left section tasted sweeter and the kernels were bigger than the corn from the right section. Why was this so? What are GMOs? Image credit: Medium Genetically modified organisms, also known as GMOs, are organisms that have had their genomes altered and modified. This is done to produce the desired physiological traits of an organism or so the organism will be able to produce the desired biological products that will most commonly aid in the field of medicine, research, and agriculture. In the past, humans have used breeding methods to modify an organism by the process of ‘selective breeding.’ Animals and crops have been selectively bred over generati
