GMO Research Paper Assignment: Your task now is to do some online research and write a paper that addresses the following: ● Compare and contrast the cultural acceptance of GMOs in the United States...

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What are GMOs?
    Genetically modified organisms, more commonly known as GMOs are organism whose genome has been altered by scientist to produce a phenotype that is advantageous to humans. Artificial selection has led to the formation of high yielding crop varieties to hairless cats using various molecular biology techniques such as DNA recombination, Crispr Cas 9 techniques and other DNA technologies. Altered DNA is then transferred to the organism of choice generating selection of desired traits and further breeding of the subsequent generations. GMOs have found greater potential in the formation of genetically modified crops and animals (Oeschger & Silva, 2007).
Cultural acceptance of GMOs in the United States versus Europe:
Although the amount of croplands in the United States is only 1.4 times greater than in the European union, yet U.S. production of Genetically modifies crops is over 600 times greater than in Europe (Burton, Rigby, Young & James, 2001). Cultural acceptance of GMOs is higher in the United States than in anywhere else in the World. The differences lie in the preferences of the consumers in the two countries, government policies, and political implications that concerns with the transatlantic trade. Genetically Modified Organisms hold potential to greatly increase the nutritional value of food as well as the productivity of crops, while at the same time provide many safety as well environmental concerns. Whether America is more focused on the efficiency and profit rather than focusing on the consequences than Europe is up for debate. However, the root lies in the culture and history (Bratspies, 2006).
Over long, the European nation was much less reliant on herbicides for cultivation. The weather also allowed for production of crops using the traditional methods of cultivation like plowing and tilling (Miraglia et al., 2004). The U.S on the other hand was more dependent on...