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Because it’s epigenetics! No novel gene sequences are introduced. Just a change in what natural genes are expressed and at what levels.
by apinstein 5y ago
Because it’s epigenetics! No novel gene sequences are introduced. Just a change in what natural genes are expressed and at what levels.
- amelius 5y agoHow novel is the idea then?
- mnw21cam 5y agoNo. The FTO gene from humans was inserted into the genome of these plants. That gene produced a protein that performs RNA demethylation, which isn't even epigenetics, because epigenetics is the set of extra stuff that happens on DNA, not RNA.
- apinstein 5y agoOh my bad I didn’t read the full article. Of course, insertion of a gene to do demethylation would be genetic modification.