| Educational guide Faculty of Oenology |
english |
| Bachelor's Degree in Biotechnology (2009) |
 Subjects |
| TRANSGENIC FOOD |
| Contents |
| IDENTIFYING DATA | 2020_21 |
| Subject | TRANSGENIC FOOD | Code | 19204215 | |||||
| Study programme |
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Cycle | 1st | |||||
| Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
| 3 | Optional | 2Q |
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| Competences | Learning outcomes | Contents |
| Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
| Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Foods that come from transgenic plants: |
· Foods: - seeds, oils, flours, feed from soya, rapeseed, cotton, rice, corn, wheat, flax. - Sugarcane and beet sugars, corn starch and potato starch - fruits, juices and sauces of tomato, papaya, pumpkin and zucchini - corn, rice and soy vitamins - others · Recombinant genes in transgenic plants: - resistance to insects, fungi and herbicides - resistance to drought, cold - maturation delay - enrichment in specific nutrients - others · Economic and social aspects of transgenic plants and their derivatives to food. · Ecological aspects of the agriculture of transgenic plants. · Sanitary aspects of foods derived from transgenic plants. · Food agencies. Legal and regulatory aspects. |
| Foods that come from transgenic animals: |
· Foods from transgenic animals: - meats, dairy products - others · Recombinant genes in transgenic animals: - hormones - enrichment in specific nutrients - others · Economic and social aspects of transgenic animals with food utility. · Ecological aspects. · Sanitary aspects of foods derived from transgenic animals. · Legal and regulatory aspects. |
| Recombinant microorganisms in food. | · Use of bacteria and transgenic fungi in the processing of food. |
| Debates: For or against transgenic foods? | - ecological aspects - economic aspects - health aspects |
