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GM teaching tools

Discover the history of how we've manipulated our food sources to meet our needs and how a GM plant is created.

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GM Time Tour

When and where did potato breeding start? When were the first GM plants created? You can find the answers to these questions and many more by exploring the history of humans' manipulation of genes in plants and animals in our Time Tour.

GM plants: How it's done

How, exactly, are plants genetically modified? Watch this animation to find out how scientists insert genetic material from one plant to another and make a whole new plant.

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