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Tracing through anecdote and science the development of a hotly contended area of research, this account expounds the dawn of genetic engineering in the United States in 1974, through the early stages of its uptake in South Africa, to the current situation, in which approximately 80 percent of maize in South Africa is genetically modified for drought resistance. The guide through this history is Jennifer Thomson, whose own story of how she came to choose genetic modification (GM) as a career and her path-breaking involvement in the development of GM research. S

Genetically modified foods --- GM foods --- Genetically engineered foods --- Food --- Biotechnology --- Thomson, Jennifer A., --- Life Sciences --- Cellular biology (cytology) --- Molecular biology --- Genetics (non-medical) --- GM --- Genetic engineering --- Jennifer Thomson --- GM crops --- Africa --- Drought resistance