- How does Genetically Modified Foods work?
2) The DNA is extracted from that organism.
3) The one desired gene must be located and copied from thousands of genes that were chose. This is called gene cloning.
4) The gene may be modified slightly to work in a more desirable way once inside the organism.
5) Once a transgenic organism has been created, traditional breeding is used to improve the characteristics of the final product. It is simply a way to add new traits to the pool.