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I assume you're arguing that selective breeding is the same thing as GMO. It is not, and the article was not talking about selective breeding. If that's your a
by beat 7y ago
I assume you're arguing that selective breeding is the same thing as GMO. It is not, and the article was not talking about selective breeding.
If that's your argument, it's very common, as seen in this thread. It's still wrong. GMO is specifically about laboratory manipulation of genes, including cross-species gene insertion, which is not possible via selective breeding.
- rayiner 7y agoSelective breeding is just one way to enhance expression of particular genes.
- beat 7y agoAnd GMO is another - one that enables genetic expressions not possible with selective breeding.
- dragonwriter 7y agoGMO isn't really an alternative to selective breeding,strictly speaking. GMO refers to a set of methods of inducing individual genetic change, selective breeding is a process to affect the population distribution of genetically-controlled traits independent of the mechanism by which individual genetic change occurs.
- davidivadavid 7y agoIt looks like according to Wikipedia and different authoritative bodies, the definition of GMO varies quite a bit from a narrow definition that (sometimes) excludes selective breeding, to a broader definition that includes it.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> GMO is specifically about laboratory manipulation of genes, including cross-species gene insertion, It's actually about a specific narrow range of techniques, not laboratory manipulation generally. > cross-species gene insertion, which is not possible via selective breeding. Cross-species genetic transfer occurs in the wild and, as such, is one of the forms of genetic drift on which the selection in selective breeding acts, so this claim is false. It is not one of the mechanisms that is accelerated by modern methods of accelerated genetic change that are frequently paired with selective breeding as a similarly-rapid, far less controlled, and more label-friendly alternative to “GMOs”.
- dragonwriter 7y agoCovering a point not covered by my earlier reply: > I assume you're arguing that selective breeding is the same thing as GMO. This seems to be just repeating the mistake pointed out upthread; no, current agricultural productivity is not a result of selective breeding alone without transgenic technology; GMOs are a real and significant thing in current agriculture, and part off what the current food productivity is built on.
- hycaria 7y agoNo, it's not. GMO still is out there in fields. Why do you assume people are talking about selective breeding ? Also, GMO is not only based on CRISPR, why do you keep bringing that up ? Gene insertion was done before, although the random factor was probably more prevalent since you couldn't focus special loci. Saying that we managed to feed people so far without the use of GMO is wrong since they're used, even if not everywhere on earth, even if not all techniques, end of story.