The British scientists' experiments have proven that crops containing genes from marine organisms are able to produce omega-3 fatty acids normally found in oily fish, according to BBC.
Scientists at Rothamsted Research in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, north of London, isolated key genes from a species of microscopic single-celled marine algae known as Thalassiosira pseudonana, inserted the genes into crops such as linseed and oil seed rape, and found that the plants were able to synthesize omega-3 fatty acids in their seed oils.