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Indeed. Genetic modification is doing with a scalpel what we've been doing with a sledgehammer for thousands of years with selective breeding and hybridizing.
by Causality1 7y ago
Indeed. Genetic modification is doing with a scalpel what we've been doing with a sledgehammer for thousands of years with selective breeding and hybridizing.
- jacobush 7y agoYep. And both tools can be used carefully or carelessly.
- mrguyorama 7y agoDo you have an example of selective breeding that resulted in a negative outcome?
- jacobush 7y agoHigh fructose corn syrup, broiler chickens who can barely stand up, pugs who can barely breathe, crops prone to blight.