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Genetic Modification Introduction I am going to begin with explaining what genetic material is and where it is found. I will explain the scientific facts and moral issues associated with Genetically Modificated foods and DNA. The Collins English Dictionary Definition of Genetic is 'the scientific study of hereditary of individuals, esp. of inherited characteristics; the study of physiology of reproduction and the art of breeding'. The genetic material is DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). It is usually found in every cell, from microorganisms that have only one cell, to plants and animals that have many cells, where the cells make up tissues and organs. The cell and its constituents can be seen only with the help of increasingly powerful microscopes (see picture, right). Inside a cell from a plant or animal, the genetic material is enclosed in a spherical compartment, the nucleus. It is packaged into long compact structures called chromosomes. The totality of all the genetic...

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