Chapter 102, Genetic Engineering
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Chen Shuiwa quietly looked at the things inside the glass!
The space inside the glass is as big as a basketball court. The environment inside completely simulates the ecological environment of the Loess Plateau, and even the soil is transported directly from the Loess Plateau.
From above, there are thousands of ravines, like a reduced version of the hometown.
Shuiwa's eyes were a little red and swollen, and her face was full of fatigue. No one could stay up late to work overtime every day for several months, and would not be able to withstand it if he worked nearly 20 hours a day for 7 days a week.
Fortunately, he can only resist after practicing the Yuanli. Even if he is tired, he can only practice for a few hours, and he can be fierce.
The hard work of several months was not in vain. Shuiwa had only a little understanding of biology since she began. In just a few months, he was one of the most powerful researchers in the entire Biological Research Institute.
On the one hand, Shuiwa himself showed the unique stubborn temper of children on the Loess Plateau and was persistent in not giving up until they achieved their goals. For several months, he worked twice as hard as others every day, either studying or researching.
On the other hand, it is also thanks to the special practice method taught by Liu Qingquan. The method practiced by researchers has magical effects on brain development. It is just the simplest effect that can be remembered after reading it.
Otherwise, how could these researchers from Qingquan Technology be able to compare with those researchers who have been decades in just a few months? Everything depends on the benefits brought by Yuanli cultivation, and the health is good and the brain is even more awesome.
Shuiwa knew that if she wanted to put green clothes on the Loess Plateau, she had to find that she could grow rapidly. The roots must be deep and lush. The requirements for water should not be too high, so that she could grow and form quickly in an environment like the Loess Plateau and lock in the rainwater and soil of the Loess Plateau.
In order to find such a plant, Shuiwa applied to Liu Qingquan for a team of 100 people, specializing in flying cars to find various plants around the world for comprehensive comparisons.
Thanks to the convenience of flying cars, any plant you want can be transported to Qingquan Technology's Biological Research Institute very quickly and transported to the hands of these researchers.
For example, camel grass, poplar, cactus, sand holly, big rhinoceros, sand horns, sand jujubes, white thorns, sea buckthorn, sand jujubes, date palms, desert roses, desert chrysanthemums, baobabs and so on, plants from arid areas around the world.
These plants are characterized by their excellent drought resistance, developed root system, strong water absorption and strong water storage capacity, and many of them have very good economic value.
Of course, there are also various fast-growing plants from tropical and subtropical regions, such as water hyacinths, various bamboos, terrestrial terrestrial grasses, coconut trees, succulent plants, etc. These plants are characterized by a high demand for water and heat, but the production speed is very fast.
Of course, Shuiwa obviously did not simply want to put green on the Loess Plateau. He also kept it in mind for the poverty in his hometown. When looking for various plants, he did not forget to find economic value. Various jujube plants are not good enough and cannot produce much economic value.
Shuiwa is interested in plants that can produce greater economic value, such as rubber trees. The international price of natural rubber has always remained high and its economic value is very high, as well as new bioenergy plants such as tung trees, oil palms, oil melons, diesel trees, oil olives, energy grass, jatropha and other new bioenergy plants.
Of course, each plant has its own unique growth geographical environment. You cannot plant tropical plants directly to the cold, nor can you plant a large number of plants that need to absorb water into arid desert areas.
The reason why Shuiwa collects a large number of plants is to obtain genetic data of these plants, build a huge gene library, and then obtain a plant they want through genetic engineering technology, that is, genetically modified technology.
Genetic engineering, also known as gene splicing technology and DNA recombination technology, is based on molecular genetics as the theoretical basis and modern methods of molecular biology and microbiology as a means to construct hybrid DNA molecules in vitro according to a pre-designed blueprint, and then introduce them into living cells to change the original genetic characteristics of organisms, obtain new varieties, and produce new products. Genetic engineering technology provides powerful means for the study of gene structure and function.
Perhaps many people will panic when they hear about genetically modified technology. It sounds like God’s creation. Find some genes to combine them at will to create new species. Maybe they will create another intelligent species and replace humans. The panic in their hearts can be imagined.
In addition, over the years, society, media, etc. have reported on the security of genetically modified foods in various years. Many times, there is no scientific basis. Food security is a major event that concerns the national economy and people's livelihood. In addition, things involving genetic genes often require long-term observation to know whether it is really harmful. Therefore, the public is generally afraid of talking about it.
But in fact, genetically modified technology is not that magical, and gene recombination is not possible at will. If a variety of genes of completely unrelated species are forced to be combined randomly, the result will definitely be a gene collapse and there will be no effect or result. This phenomenon is particularly obvious in higher organisms. I didn’t see that just cloned animals can’t live long! What’s more, gene recombinant organisms.
As for genetically modified food, this is a very serious topic! (The author Jun himself expressed his concern and never dared to eat genetically modified corn, small tomatoes, etc.)
As the world's number one grain exporter, basically every crop uses genetically modified technology, corn, soybeans, peanuts, etc. Using genetically modified technology can not only cultivate high-quality, high-yield, and pest-resistant crops, but the United States can kill many countries by relying solely on the weapon of grain export.
For example, our country imports a large amount of soybeans and corn from the United States every year. Even if the price of importing these foods is shipped to consumers, it is cheaper than what you produce locally. On the one hand, this is due to their advanced genetically modified technology, and on the other hand, the United States provides high subsidies to its domestic agricultural exports.
Of course, Americans are not kind-hearted here. The low price will impact your local grain production companies, leaving the original crops without a market. When everyone habitually relies on their grain, their mouths will be stuck, and the meat on other people's chopping boards will be stuck.
For example, the soybeans in the Northeast were once the main production site of soybean oil in the world. Relying on this item can bring considerable foreign exchange to the international community every year, and also bring good economic income to farmers who grow them. However, later the United States relied on genetically modified soybeans to enter the international and domestic markets at low prices. Northeast soybeans were instantly washed away. So, now, the soybeans needed by Chinese people basically rely on imports, because the soybeans you produce yourself have no market, and you will lose as much as you grow them.
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The most prominent advantage of genetically modified technology is that it breaks the boundaries of species that are difficult to break through in conventional breeding, and can recombinate and transfer genetic information between prokaryotes and eukaryotes, between animals and plants, and even between humans and other organisms. Human genes can be transferred to E. coli for expression, and bacterial genes can be transferred to plants for expression.
It is because Shuiwa is attracted by this that she wants to achieve her goals through genetically modified technology. Only GM technology can produce the ideal plants of Shuiwa.
Of course, there are countless countries studying desert control internationally, and studying genetically modified technology is the main topic in the biology industry. However, now it mainly focuses on the two major aspects of grain and medical care. Research on using genetically modified technology for desert control is still relatively unpopular.
Moreover, the research on genetically modified technology is not as easy as imagined. Let’s talk about gene transfer, gene collapse, allotropy rejection, and DNA chaos in the level of recombination. Even if you successfully recombined a plant or animal, these new animals and plants still need to go through a long growth, observation, and experimental period. By the way, they are all calculated by years. Otherwise, you don’t know what you have created, what characteristics and functions.
Shuiwo, who are eager to change their hometown, naturally cannot study according to the old methods and ideas, and may not be able to successfully study their ideal plants in their entire lives.
After being tangled by Shuiwa, the omnipotent Liu Qingquan had no choice but to take out two things from his Wanbao chest-seed space, the primary gene decoder and the gene recombination evolution meter.
Primary gene decoder is an instrument specially developed for biological research in the early stages of the development of Alpha civilization. It can decode genes of lower plants, explain the information carried by each DNA in the plant, and greatly reduce the time for biological research.
While others are still slowly studying genes one by one and exploring the characteristics and functions of this gene, the gene decoder can fully explain all the genes of this plant in just a few minutes, what is used to reproduce, which gene is used to resist drought, cold, etc., clearly!
Gene recombination evolution meter is even more powerful. Researchers introduce their recombinant genes into the evolution meter, and the evolution meter can completely evolve various future situations of the gene, whether it can resist cold and drought, whether it can reproduce the next generation, what kind of environment is needed for growth, etc.
There is no need for you to wait slowly for this plant to grow, and then test it one by one, which takes a lot of time and energy from scientists.
Of course, this gene decoder and gene recombination evolution meter actually rely on huge gene and biological databases to realize their magical functions. The key is the biological database!
Chapter completed!