GEC6 STS

• 4 basic steps involved in genetic engineering

  1.Extraction of the DNA from the source organism, isolating and cloning the gene from the DNA

  2. Design and preparation of the ""gene construct"" or ""hybrid DNA"" or ""recombinant DNA""

  3. Delivery of the gene construct to the new host organism

  4. Checking the presence and expression of gene in new host organism
• "If you take a piece ofsolid matter (say a metal) containing an Avogadro number of atoms and go on dividing it to smaller bits, you will ultimately end up with an atom of the substance. Before that, you will reach a stage of very tiny particles containing 100 to 10,000 atoms. "

  ➛ Rao (1999)