02-28-2015, 06:02 AM
"In genetics, a mutagen is a physical or chemical agent that changes the genetic material, usually DNA, of an organism and thus increases the frequency of mutations above the natural background level."
When the E. coli bacteria absorbs an antibiotic resistant GM product it changes the organism of E. coli's genetic material, hence increasing the frequency of the mutations above normal. See the reports linked regarding the Rivers in China. There are no method limitations defined in which a mutagenic agent must induce a mutation within an organism, only that it changes the genetic material within the organism, etc. The grain was probably not an appropriate example unless one considers a species as an organism, however the induced mutations created by the said products upon the E. Coli represents an example mutagen.
When the E. coli bacteria absorbs an antibiotic resistant GM product it changes the organism of E. coli's genetic material, hence increasing the frequency of the mutations above normal. See the reports linked regarding the Rivers in China. There are no method limitations defined in which a mutagenic agent must induce a mutation within an organism, only that it changes the genetic material within the organism, etc. The grain was probably not an appropriate example unless one considers a species as an organism, however the induced mutations created by the said products upon the E. Coli represents an example mutagen.