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Eh, it's a rough example. Plants produce something plant eater (fungal, bacterial, insect) is attracted to and we're modifying the levels. Semantics of the rela
by herrity4 9y ago
Eh, it's a rough example. Plants produce something plant eater (fungal, bacterial, insect) is attracted to and we're modifying the levels. Semantics of the relationship be damned, there can be evolutionary consequences.
- sampo 9y agoPlants produce food: starch and sugars (and a bit of protein). We're not modifying the levels of those. The apple case is about modifying the levels of an enzyme, polyphenol oxidase [1]. But that is not what plant-eaters are interested in. They're interested in the food in an apple, not some enzyme levels. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphenol_oxidase https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphenol_oxidase
- herrity4 9y agoI'm obviously not talking about this specific modification.