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As far as I understood, blasting seeds with radiation is still a common practice. [1] One of the reasons the debate over genetically engineered (GE) crops seem
by gdubs 12y ago
As far as I understood, blasting seeds with radiation is still a common practice. [1]
One of the reasons the debate over genetically engineered (GE) crops seems so silly -- we've been using such a haphazard approach to genetic mutation for so long, with somewhat unpredictable success that GE looks like a much saner and targeted process.
1:http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutation_breeding http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutation_breeding
- andreasvc 12y agoWhile I agree that the fear for genetic modification is often unfounded, I don't think it's silly to apply more scrutiny to specific and specialized modifications such as with GM than with general, haphazard approaches such as used before. It is a case of "be careful what you wish for"; things have unintended consequences and they might be greater in the case of making a targeted modification without considering its context.