What is (and isn't) a GMO

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Many nations ban them, most people have eaten them, and some actively protest in opposition to their existence, but what exactly is a genetically modified organism, and what are some things that aren't a GMO but are nonetheless often confused with them?

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FURTHER READING
Recombinant Insulin
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2690608
http://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2013/11/two-tons-of-pig-parts-making-insulin-in-the-1920s.html
Bt Corn
http://www2.ca.uky.edu/entomology/entfacts/ef130.asp
GFP Cats
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/jellyfish-genes-make-glow-in-the-dark-cats/
Cisgenic Potato
http://www.cisgenesis.com/content/view/6/34/lang,english/
1930 to 2014 in excess of 3200 mutagenic plant varietals have been released
http://www-naweb.iaea.org/nafa/pbg/

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