Horizontal gene transfer from genetically modified plants - Regulatory considerations.

ABSTRACT: Gene technology regulators receive applications seeking permission for the environmental release of genetically modified (GM) plants, many of which possess beneficial traits such as improved production, enhanced nutrition and resistance to drought, pests and diseases. The regulators must assess the risks to human and animal health and to the environment from releasing these GM plants. One such consideration, of many, is the likelihood and potential consequence of the introduced or modified DNA being transferred to other organisms, including people. While such gene transfer is most likely to occur to sexually compatible relatives (vertical gene transfer), horizontal gene transfer (HGT), which is the acquisition of genetic material that has not been inherited from a parent, is also a possibi

SUBMITTER: Philips JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9471246 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature