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On the other hand fertile GMOs will sooner or later mix into the surrounding nature, compete with local plants and undergo "normal" evolution. This might be und
by 0x000xca0xfe 1y ago
On the other hand fertile GMOs will sooner or later mix into the surrounding nature, compete with local plants and undergo "normal" evolution. This might be undesirable.
Another consideration is that optimizing one or two features like yield or resistance in plants often affects other areas negatively like adaptability or fertiliy. Making fertile GMOs with the same yield is probably harder than making infertile ones.
But at the very least it should not be possible to patent or copyright DNA or any other parts of living organisms, what an utterly horrible idea.
- adrr 1y agoIs natural breeding better with just randomly flipping genes with help of radiation or whatever they use to get a bunch of genes to flip? At least with GMO, you know the outcomes of the DNA instead of rolling dice over and over. GMO is just more precision and regular breeding can do the same given enough time. It’s just DNA code end of the day.
- 0x000xca0xfe 1y agoPersonally I think genetics and evolution are highly fascinating topics and we should do much more research. I'd love to have some glow-in-the-dark tobacco plants in my yard. Why not?! But realistically there is just too much irrational public resentment.
- pfdietz 1y agoIn some cases this is desirable, like with the GMO American Chestnut with the transplanted wheat gene that makes it resistant to chestnut blight.