Are transgenic organisms and GMOs the same thing? (1 Viewer)

[hs17]

^^

 

[Leadmen4y]

No

 

[Leadmen4y]

They both utilise recombinant DNA but transgenic uses DNA from another species while GMOs is the big umbrella term that includes modification by simply amplifying a gene without using foreign genes.

 

[Eagle Mum]

The first is a subset of the second.