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: The [[plant]] [[gene]] which [[Coding DNA|codes]] for the [[Protein Synthesis|synthesises]] of vitamin A is removed form one [[organism]] using a special [[enzyme]] and inserted into the [[DNA]] of a [[Cell (Biology)|cells]] in a young rice [[plant]]. This [[plant]] is then is then cut to make several clones.
: This will then produce vitamin A in the rice [[plant]]s preventing thousands of children from going blind every year.
===References===
====AQA====
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359373/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359373&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=952a73bbb09d222ecc4b50d200679849 ''Golden rice, page 230, GCSE Biology; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA '']
:[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945954/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945954&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=100574c08fbbb64318256eb79ed61a76 ''Golden rice, page 364, GCSE Biology, CGP, AQA '']