Genetic engineering applied for generating food sources is said to be different from traditional breeding. Which of the following is different in the case of genetic engineering? It always involves the mixing of different genes from similar species. It mixes genes of different organisms such as viruses and crops, spiders, and goats. It selects from the combination of genes that recombine on their own It involves the gene of the whole organism.

Genetic engineering applied for generating food sources is said to be different from traditional breeding. Which of the following is different in the case of genetic engineering? It always involves the mixing of different genes from similar species. It mixes genes of different organisms such as viruses and crops, spiders, and goats. It selects from the combination of genes that recombine on their own It involves the gene of the whole organism.

Biology Today and Tomorrow without Physiology (MindTap Course List)

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Chapter9: Patterns Of Inheritance

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