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Some "fun" facts on that: - applying massive radiation (on plants) to increase the mutation rate does not count as GMO - modern Gene Editing like TALEN (and pro
by patall 10y ago
Some "fun" facts on that:
- applying massive radiation (on plants) to increase the mutation rate does not count as GMO
- modern Gene Editing like TALEN (and probably CRISPR soon) are currently being interpreted as non-GMO by the regulators
- dikdik 10y agoI believe you are correct here, however, I do not think there is much of a difference in the end result. The popular phrase is that past techniques (radiation, selective breeding) are like taking a hammer to a genome, whereas new techniques are like taking a scalpel to a genome.