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This is a good reminder of how important it is we study ecosystem impacts of any of the work we do. Right now our seedling are female hybrids that don't produce
by maddiehalla 5y ago
This is a good reminder of how important it is we study ecosystem impacts of any of the work we do. Right now our seedling are female hybrids that don't produce pollen so this is less of a worry. We are working with third party institutions to help us robustly understand our impact.
When it comes to biotechnology a lot of what matters is how you engineering an organism and why. Improving the photosynthetic efficiency of C3 plants to be similar to C4 plants is very different than something like antibiotic or pest resistance.
- auto 5y agoThey’re all female, unable to reproduce? I really try to not use HN for witty quips, but I’ve definitely seen that movie before. All joking aside, the research is fascinating.
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- bduerst 5y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oijEsqT2QKQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oijEsqT2QKQ
- scrumbledober 5y agoat least female trees that reproduce will drop seeds relatively close to themselves in the same stand of trees. Male pollen could travel quite far and would be much more difficult to track and contain
- ncmncm 5y agoBTW, the "male/female" concept has limited application in the plant world. Gender in plants gets wacky. It's just the first stop on the road from parthenogenesis to a very wide world. But, that said, a lot of species do stop there.
- gunapologist99 5y agoThere Is No Unauthorized Breeding in our forest.