Question

1)Based on what you know about the ability of microbes to mutate and adapt, are synthetic biology approaches such as these a guarantee that GM microbes will retain their engineered characteristics? Explain your answers.

2)Based on what you know about the ability of microbes to mutate and adapt, are synthetic biology approaches such as these a guarantee that GM microbes will retain their engineered characteristics? Explain your answers.

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Answer 1

A mutation is an inheritable alteration within an organism's DNA sequence. Mutations also arise from adding one or more bases, known as insertions, or deleting one or more bases, known as deletions. The resulting organism, called a mutant, may have a recognizable phenotype shift compared to the wild form, which is the most frequently found phenotype in nature. A alteration in the DNA sequence is bestowed on mRNA by transcription, which can result in an altered sequence of amino acids in a translation protein. Since proteins perform the vast majority of cellular functions, a shift in the sequence of amino acids in a protein can lead to an altered phenotype for the cell and organism.

Synthetic biology (SynBio)approach is a multidisciplinary research field that aims to develop new biological components, tools, and structures, or to reinvent structures already present in nature. It is a branch of science that involves a wide variety of methodologies from various fields, including biotechnology, genetic engineering, molecular biology, molecular engineering, system biology, membrane science, biophysics, chemical and biological engineering, electrical and computer engineering, control engineering, and evolutionary biology.

A genetically modified organism (GMO) is any organism that has changed genetic material using genetic engineering techniques. Hence any new addition or deletion of the gene has been done into their DNA will be retained and will be expressed as they grow.