https://padlet.com/same62510/mwlejvfk1pk4 Made for organizing thoughts, research, and conclusions regarding said topic. en-us 2017-05-15 01:52:03 UTC 2025-11-29 14:22:06 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Xmastree.png same62510 https://padlet.com/same62510/mwlejvfk1pk4/wish/171728012 The distribution of wheat to people will be greatened and the amount of fields for wheat will be lessened to decrease desertification. People in need for food due to food crises will be able to access bread for a cheaper price since the yield of wheat will be increased by 40%. The population will increase under the time of 30 years, and we'll need 70% more food if everyone should live like they are now (Knapton). Therefore, the idea that Great Britain is working on could resolve this problem over time.]]> 2017-05-15 01:56:33 UTC https://padlet.com/same62510/mwlejvfk1pk4/wish/171728012 same62510 https://padlet.com/same62510/mwlejvfk1pk4/wish/171729700 In Great Britain they are modifying genes too better use the sun's energy. Which is useful in a place where the sun is less prevalent. The yield is 40% higher than with normal wheat.
The genes that are meant to improve the wheat are from a wild plant called 'Stiff Brome'. The gene is, according to British scientist, going to create more of an essential enzyme used in photosynthesis.]]> 2017-05-15 02:12:37 UTC https://padlet.com/same62510/mwlejvfk1pk4/wish/171729700 same62510 https://padlet.com/same62510/mwlejvfk1pk4/wish/171999697 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4179870/Genetically-modified-wheat-grown-UK.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2016/11/04/genetically-modified-wheat-could-be-grown-in-britain-from-next-s/

http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2015/how-to-make-a-gmo/

]]> 2017-05-16 04:56:17 UTC https://padlet.com/same62510/mwlejvfk1pk4/wish/171999697 same62510 https://padlet.com/same62510/mwlejvfk1pk4/wish/172000936 Hybrid Wheat vs. GM Wheat?
A hybrid is a natural mixture between two plants, they occur everywhere, not only in laboratories, they mix plants with each other. While GMO's are done in laboratories with implanting genes to get different phenotypes, genes that are from both animals, plants, fungus etc.]]> 2017-05-16 05:15:18 UTC https://padlet.com/same62510/mwlejvfk1pk4/wish/172000936 same62510 https://padlet.com/same62510/mwlejvfk1pk4/wish/172965770 First step is to identify a trait among any living thing, and then isolating that trait in a gene, and simply inserting that gene into the organism with required improvement.
The process of the latter is more complicated, scientists take the normal DNA and cut and paste the gene into the DNA using enzymes. Once that has been reached, they inject that DNA into the plant as a bacteria that infects the cells and genetically modifies the DNA, normally, and most safely done with plants.]]> 2017-05-21 09:11:22 UTC https://padlet.com/same62510/mwlejvfk1pk4/wish/172965770 same62510 https://padlet.com/same62510/mwlejvfk1pk4/wish/172966098 The human error in GMO's is quite high, which means that a problem along the way might happen. Identifying the wrong gene as the trait or inserting more than one traits with a trait that is undesired in the plant to create a potentially poisonous  plant. However, the technique is being improved and new, revolutionary ways to handle GMOs will come.

Once a GMO has been created, it will cross pollinate forever and has infected the gene pool forever, and if the trait is dominant, it's even more serious, so if the said approach of GMO wheat had an aspect of human error in it, the gene pool of wheat in Britain could be contaminated.]]> 2017-05-21 09:18:17 UTC https://padlet.com/same62510/mwlejvfk1pk4/wish/172966098 same62510 https://padlet.com/same62510/mwlejvfk1pk4/wish/172971956 2017-05-21 11:17:48 UTC https://padlet.com/same62510/mwlejvfk1pk4/wish/172971956 same62510 https://padlet.com/same62510/mwlejvfk1pk4/wish/172979094 Controlled GMOs are hypothetically supposed to increase the yield of food being made through plants. In a world in which 14% of the population is starving, the solution might just be more GMO foods which can create higher yield. Conclusively, the higher yield would require less fields and agriculture to satisfy the population of the earth, which might just solve the issue of desertification and vegetation would remain the same in areas of which agriculture is dominating.]]> 2017-05-21 13:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/same62510/mwlejvfk1pk4/wish/172979094 same62510 https://padlet.com/same62510/mwlejvfk1pk4/wish/172979437 Look to (http://responsibletechnology.org/10-reasons-to-avoid-gmos/) for depth analysis of the counter-argument. The biggest argument for GMOs are based on the idea that humans aren't yet capable of performing these intricate experiments because of the preciseness of these experiments. However, new technology in genetical engineering is being developed day by day and even if the techniques aren't perfect right now, there is no reason to not support scientific innovation in this field of study. Perhaps some GMOs should be banned to this day, and FDA approvals should be harder on GMOs because of the potential danger in them.]]> 2017-05-21 13:36:49 UTC https://padlet.com/same62510/mwlejvfk1pk4/wish/172979437