What is the term used to describe the deliberate modification of an organism’s genetic material using biotechnology techniques?

What is the term used to describe the deliberate modification of an organism’s genetic material using biotechnology techniques?

  1. Genetic engineering ✓
  2. Hybridization
  3. Cloning
  4. Mutation

Explanation

Genetic engineering deliberately modifies organisms genetic material using biotechnology. Scientists precisely add, remove, or change genes to create desired traits.

Hybridization crosses related organisms naturally. Cloning duplicates. Mutation is random change. Only genetic engineering allows precise gene insertion from unrelated organisms.

This technology has created crops resistant to pests, drought, and herbicides, and animals with enhanced production traits.