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Genetic engineering
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ESSAY ON GENETIC ENGINEERING The invention of DNA and Mendel's experiment cemented the path of future of genetic engineering (GE). GE is the direct stage management of an organism's genes by technological intervention. Today's applications of GE are the result of many significant developments in the understanding of the science of genetics and development of technology to alter genes. The history of modern GE begins in 1880 with the work of Gregor Mendel, the father of genetics. Through his work with pea plants, Mendel derived the groundwork of modern genetics. He found that characteristics are transmitted in discrete units or genes; the presence of genes in the organism dictates the expression of certain qualities in the organism. Hershey and Chase proved that deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), is the genetic material of the cell. In 1953, Watson and Crick discovered the double helical structure of DNA. Later in the 1960's, scientists cracked the...
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