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As opposed to "naturally" cross-breeding strains and selecting for traits without genetic sequencing? Changes are changes, whether random or induced mutation.
by ethbro 11y ago
As opposed to "naturally" cross-breeding strains and selecting for traits without genetic sequencing?
Changes are changes, whether random or induced mutation. I feel better if there's at least one brain inspecting the changes vs throwing dice.
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- Htsthbjig 11y agoCross breeding does not induce mutations. Cross breeding mixes genetic code that already exist on the original plants. Random or induced mutation like they do in GMO has lots of unintended consequences(for example radiating it). It is like a program that has not been debugged, only that a crash could be people dying or getting ill in the thousands or millions. Also mixing genes from species that have nothing to do with each other like creatures that live in deep ocean that emit light with those that live on the surface will also have unintended consequences. Human beings could be cocky and arrogant. I have a river near my house. Someone had the brilliant idea of introducing an alien small fish to help native fish as food. The unintended consequence was that the new small fish ate the eggs of native fish and made them disappear completely from the river.
- ethbro 11y ago> Cross breeding does not induce mutations. Cross breeding mixes genetic code that already exist on the original plants. And why do you think that genetic code within the same species is different in the first place...?