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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. | : 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. | : This will then produce vitamin A in the rice [[plant]]s preventing thousands of children from going blind every year. | ||
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| + | :[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 ''] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:10, 6 November 2019
Key Stage 4 Higher
Meaning
Golden rice is a genetically modified plant which has had the genes coding for the production of Vitamin A inserted into the DNA of a rice plant.
About Golden Rice
- Many people in emerging economies have diets which are poor in vitamin A. This can lead to blindness.
- The plant gene which codes for the synthesises of vitamin A is removed form one organism using a special enzyme and inserted into the DNA of a 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 plants preventing thousands of children from going blind every year.