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Engineers can examine the dna of a plant and turn certain genes on or off and even add new genes from other dna strands. what is this process called?

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Answer: genetic engineering

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This process is called genetic engineering. It is a type of genetic modification wherein engineers can examine the dna of a plant and can add a foreign gene or genes to the genome of an organism. The gene holds information that will give a trait to the organism.
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