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"We now manage salmon’s evolution—even to the point of genetically modifying them to grow faster." It's not "genetic modification", it's "genetic selection", a
by lugus35 11y ago
"We now manage salmon’s evolution—even to the point of genetically modifying them to grow faster."
It's not "genetic modification", it's "genetic selection", and that's what humanity has done for all domestics species since the beginning of times.
- wcameron 11y agoActually, they are being genetically modified: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AquAdvantage_salmon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AquAdvantage_salmon
- littletimmy 11y agoNo, it is genetic modification. Think of it as beauty modification. Breed good looking man, with good looking woman, you select for a good looking child. On the other hand, take an ugly child put it under a knife and through plastic surgery you modify for a beautiful child. That's the difference between genetic modification and genetic selection. Genetic selection has a long history, genetic modification does not.
- corin_ 11y agoYour example of plastic surgery is definitively not genetic modification. Just modification.
- littletimmy 11y agoYes. It is called an analogy.