Genetically modified (GM) technology is controversial, and you can choose not to eat it for insurance purposes.

Gene is the basic unit of inheritance of an organism, a genetic unit that controls the transmission, change and development of biological traits. It can be said to be the determinants of organisms with a wide variety of characteristics, is the root of the mystery of life.

With the help of biochemical means, people will take out the genes in a biological cell, cut or recombine them in vitro, and then introduce them into the living cells of another organism, in order to change the hereditary traits of the other organisms or to create a completely new biological varieties of the process is called genetic engineering, commonly referred to as "genetic modification".

The so-called "genetically modified" oilseeds, that is, some of the genes are transferred, the formation of biogenetic traits are changed oilseeds. So far, soybeans and cottonseed are the main GM oilseeds.

Transgenic oilseeds:

Transgenic soybeans are cloned from petunia to obtain the resistance gene (EPsPs gene), and the application of particle-mediated transfer of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) technology, the petunia plasmid (caMv) in the 35s promoter to control the EPsPs gene conductor in the soybean genome, and then produce glyphosate-resistant soybean varieties.

Since the content of crude fat, crude protein, fatty acids, flavonoids and phenolic acids in transgenic soybeans is significantly higher than that of non-transgenic soybeans. And all of these substances have the ability to improve the plant's adaptability to the physical environment, thus enhancing the plant's ability to withstand natural enemies and resist diseases.

Transgenic cotton is the insertion of synthetic CryIA(b) and CryIA(c) insecticidal genes into cotton plants, which have a very good effect against bollworm.

Reference for the above: Baidu Encyclopedia - Genetically Modified Oilseeds