There are maize variation genes in animals fed with transgenic maize

OA show ('918 '); a study conducted by a number of German research institutions found that genes may transfer between different species through the food chain The project "gene transfer through the food chain" is jointly participated by the University of Jena, the Technical University of Munich, the University of Brunswick and the federal Meat Research Institute The researchers fed the transgenic corn to the experimental animals, and found that there were DNA fragments of corn genetic material in the muscles and organs of these animals Scientists haven't found the complete functional DNA sequence of transgenic maize in experimental animals, and can't determine whether the food chain can cause gene variation, according to a statement released recently by Jena University But Gerhard Yales, a scientist at the University of Jena who took part in the study, said similar possibilities could not be ruled out, because in the experiments carried out, researchers have found a variant gene fragment of corn in chicken The transgenic maize fed by the researchers to the experimental chickens had three genes, including herbicide resistant gene, antibiotic resistant gene and Bt gene The three gene fragments were all present in the experimental chickens Yales acknowledged that at present, the academic community still has reservations about the above results, because there is no precedent of genetic variation caused by the food chain As for human beings, since the foreign genetic material consumed by human beings is at most 1 mg DNA per day, and it is decomposed and digested in the body, consumers do not have to panic about genetically modified food SDP (author:)