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What happen when a patented GMO is engineered not to reproduce naturally and then spread and replace the naturally occurring one?
by skywal_l 5y ago
What happen when a patented GMO is engineered not to reproduce naturally and then spread and replace the naturally occurring one?
- virgilp 5y agoHow would both of these be simultaneously possible? Surely, if it spreads to replace the naturally occurring one, it must reproduce naturally (or otherwise it can't "accidentally" spread/ without active involvement of the patent-holder).
- skywal_l 5y agoThrough the natural way of how plants reproduce. The terminator gene gets spread through cross-pollination. But I would gladly be educated on this matter of course.
- chrisseaton 5y agoIf it's not reproducing naturally then how is it spreading and replacing other crops?
- skywal_l 5y agoBecause the other plants still reproduce and accept the genes that have been engineered. The next generation of the "natural" plants being then unable to grow viable seeds.
- chrisseaton 5y agoThat’s reproducing naturally though.
- specialist 5y agoI quite liked Pollan's treatment in Botany of Desire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Botany_of_Desire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Botany_of_Desire Any more, I regard GMO as just another form of rent seeking (corporatism). In this context, I haven't thought of a way the GMO trait would change the trend towards monocultures. Maybe accelerate it?
- p_l 5y agoThe engineering against natural reproduction is something required by, among others, Greenpeace in order to prevent spread and replacing of naturally occurring ones.