genetic modification
The direct manipulation of an organism’s DNA by the introduction of either foreign DNA or a synthetic gene; also known as genetic engineering. Humans have been able to alter the characteristic of plants and animals by artificial or indirect selection for thousands of years, but the ability to intervene at the genetic level was possible only from the 1970s (... ...
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