something very basic, why called "event-specific detection" - (Jul/13/2013 )

Hi all,

I am preparing some research for detecting Genetically modified food, and found that people usually use the word
"event-specific detection" for describing the RT-PCR detection of the 35S promoter and NOS terminator.

Why this name is used...? what exactly the meaning of "event-specific" mean ?

Thx and Cheers

event-specific detection is a PCR method to detect a transgene from one particular GMO. If the sample contains many GMOs, only the presence of that specific GMO will be answered by this method.

http://gmo-crl.jrc.e...Publication.pdf

This european commission document is for your reference (although a difficult read in my opinion) See page 50