There is a very obvious difference between a transgenic organism and a natural organism of the same species. A natural organism is one that is produced by the natural process of creation, without any outside interference. The characteristics and traits that such an organism inherits are what are natural to it, they are not 'tuned up' by any outside help. For example a naturally produced cabbage would have the basic characteristics one would attribute to a cabbage growing in that particular region. The basic characteristics of that organism would be influenced by the external factors at work in the region where it is produced, as well as by the genes that it inherits.
A transgenic organism, as the name suggests, is one which has been tinkered with by humans using available technology, at a laboratory. Such tinkering occurs at the genetic level. Usually, a transgenic organism is an improvised version of the natural organism, the improvisation resulting from the introduction of an external gene from another plant or animal. The external gene is transferred into the genetic makeup of the organism in question at the embryonic stage.
A transgenic organism, as the name suggests, is one which has been tinkered with by humans using available technology, at a laboratory. Such tinkering occurs at the genetic level. Usually, a transgenic organism is an improvised version of the natural organism, the improvisation resulting from the introduction of an external gene from another plant or animal. The external gene is transferred into the genetic makeup of the organism in question at the embryonic stage.