https://padlet.com/3070285/zcnfjqc2jagu8b6r en-us 2020-11-16 21:52:44 UTC 2023-02-14 02:05:58 UTC hello@padlet.com https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRs5p6I2tiVzpsQoDE_lv--nnJRobuG7Gx9JTXxi3bKTFyd_SLG:https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d0/6d/62/d06d62f04193decdbeb91a0b34eca5d3.png&usqp=CAU 3070285 https://padlet.com/3070285/zcnfjqc2jagu8b6r/wish/938621853 A genetically modified organism (GMO) is any organism that has genetic material that was altered using gene engineering techniques. ]]> 2020-11-18 19:56:45 UTC https://padlet.com/3070285/zcnfjqc2jagu8b6r/wish/938621853 3070285 https://padlet.com/3070285/zcnfjqc2jagu8b6r/wish/938641881 Starting in 2016 as a combined effort between Oxitec and Cornell University, Oxitec implemented a self-limiting gene in Diamondback Moth males which stops the offspring of the males from living into adulthood. 

The moths are also being tracked by Oxitec and Cornell researchers in Geneva, New York by using a marker gene created with the fluorescent protein DsRed2.

As of late January of this year, the first genetically modified moths were released in New York state.]]> 2020-11-18 20:01:05 UTC https://padlet.com/3070285/zcnfjqc2jagu8b6r/wish/938641881 3070285 https://padlet.com/3070285/zcnfjqc2jagu8b6r/wish/939401032 Thought to be native to Europe but having now made its way to the Americas, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and Australia, the Diamondback Moth has become an incredibly invasive species.]]> 2020-11-19 00:50:00 UTC https://padlet.com/3070285/zcnfjqc2jagu8b6r/wish/939401032 3070285 https://padlet.com/3070285/zcnfjqc2jagu8b6r/wish/939416801 After causing $4-5 billion in global damage to brassica crops and becoming resistant to many insecticides, the best solution to get rid of the invasive Diamondback Moths was to alter their genes.]]> 2020-11-19 00:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/3070285/zcnfjqc2jagu8b6r/wish/939416801 3070285 https://padlet.com/3070285/zcnfjqc2jagu8b6r/wish/939745333 2020-11-19 03:58:33 UTC https://padlet.com/3070285/zcnfjqc2jagu8b6r/wish/939745333 3070285 https://padlet.com/3070285/zcnfjqc2jagu8b6r/wish/943284680 1.  They can be controlled to some extent by interplanting weeds with crops.
2.  They have become a food source for some insects in areas they are invasive to such as the Lacewing.]]> 2020-11-19 20:09:43 UTC https://padlet.com/3070285/zcnfjqc2jagu8b6r/wish/943284680 3070285 https://padlet.com/3070285/zcnfjqc2jagu8b6r/wish/943304282 In the areas where Diamondback Moths are found, there will be significant crop damage to brassica plants such as cabbage, kale, and broccoli. ]]> 2020-11-19 20:14:20 UTC https://padlet.com/3070285/zcnfjqc2jagu8b6r/wish/943304282 3070285 https://padlet.com/3070285/zcnfjqc2jagu8b6r/wish/943322152 1.  No longer causing billions of dollars globally in annual crop damage.
2. Gets rid of an invasive species without the use of pesticides.]]> 2020-11-19 20:18:52 UTC https://padlet.com/3070285/zcnfjqc2jagu8b6r/wish/943322152 3070285 https://padlet.com/3070285/zcnfjqc2jagu8b6r/wish/943377257 Oxitec's self-limiting gene works by using the moth's own biology against it. When the males with the gene are released into the wild, the gene is passed on to their offspring and the gene prevents growth essential proteins from being created eventually causing the moth to die. ]]> 2020-11-19 20:33:14 UTC https://padlet.com/3070285/zcnfjqc2jagu8b6r/wish/943377257 3070285 https://padlet.com/3070285/zcnfjqc2jagu8b6r/wish/943449290 2020-11-19 20:53:42 UTC https://padlet.com/3070285/zcnfjqc2jagu8b6r/wish/943449290 3070285 https://padlet.com/3070285/zcnfjqc2jagu8b6r/wish/943451270 The use of the marker gene and the self-limiting gene in the diamondback moth stands to benefit farmers and produce consumers worldwide.]]> 2020-11-19 20:54:18 UTC https://padlet.com/3070285/zcnfjqc2jagu8b6r/wish/943451270 3070285 https://padlet.com/3070285/zcnfjqc2jagu8b6r/wish/943468502 2020-11-19 20:59:22 UTC https://padlet.com/3070285/zcnfjqc2jagu8b6r/wish/943468502