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Examples of GMOs are diverse, and include transgenic experimental animals such as mice, transgenic plants, or various microscopic organisms altered for the purposes of genetic research or for the production of pharmaceuticals.
In mid-1974, very soon after the first GMO was created, scientists called for and observed a voluntary moratorium on certain recombinant DNA experiments.
The basic ethical issues involved in genetic research are discussed in the article on genetic engineering.
In Australia, the Agriculture department noticed that the parasite of the cotton plant, which was supposed to be killed by the GMO cotton variety Ingard, was proliferating.
Concern over the spread of genetically modified plant pollens has arisen, the claim being that natural plants can be cross-pollenated by the pollen modified plants.
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