Epigenetics is the study of how your environment can chemically modify your genes.

表遗传学是一门研究环境如何通过化学的方式改变基因的学科。

And one thing GMOs definitely don't do is modify your genes if you eat them.

有一件事是，如果你吃了转基因生物，它们绝对不会改变你的基因。

Some companies modify the genes of animals and plants that are part of our food chain.

一些公司修改你食物链一部分的动植物基因。

They used a method called lentiviral vector to modify the gene by inserting a genetic material into the cell.

他们采用了名为慢病毒载体的方法，通过在细胞中插入一种遗传物质来修改基因。

We'll modify our babies genes before birth to eliminate diseases they may carry, or include desirable traits for our offspring.

我们会在婴儿出生前修改他们的基因，以剔除他们可能携带的疾病基因，或者为我们的后代添加想要的特征。

Males bearing this modified gene are not affected at all.

带有这种改良基因的男性完全不会受到影响。

The modified genes cause the mosquitoes to kill the Malaria-causing parasites that live inside them, before they can transmit them to humans.

修改后的基因使蚊子杀死生活在它们体内的引起疟疾的寄生虫，然后再将它们传播给人类。

We’ll modify our babies genes before birth to eliminate diseases they may carry, or include desirable traits for our offspring.

我们会在出生前修改我们的婴儿基因，以消除他们可能携带的疾病，或者为我们的后代添加理想的特征。

One of the most significant developments in this field is the newly discovered ability to modify the very genes in our DNA.

该领域最重要的发展之一是新发现的修改我们DNA中基因的能力。

However, females bearing two copies of the modified gene cannot lay eggs, fail to bite and also have the physical characteristics of both male and female.

然而，携带两个改良基因的雌性则无法产卵、不会咬人，并且同时具有雄性和雌性的身体特征。

After the Agro has done its job, the scientists can remove it, because the plant is now able to pass down its modified genes (along with all of its original genes) to its babies, same as any other plant.

在 Agro 完成它的工作后，科学家们可以把它移走，因为这种植物现在能够把它的修改基因（连同它所有的原始基因）传给它的后代，就像其他植物一样。

This DNA contains a modified version of a gene called OX513 that makes the mosquitoes express two traits: One is a red fluorescent marker protein, so scientists can tell in a lab which mosquito larvae have the modified gene.

该 DNA 包含一种名为 OX513 的基因的修饰版本，该基因使蚊子表达两种特征：一种是红色荧光标记蛋白，因此科学家可以在实验室中分辨出哪些蚊子幼虫具有修饰基因。