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this will probably cause some heads to assplode. no way to blame monsanto for this one
One major reason the public is wary of genetically modified crops is the role humans play in shaping the plants’ traits. To make many genetically modified organisms (GMOs) for use as food crops, scientists insert genetic material into a crop’s DNA from a totally different species.
It certainly doesn’t sound “natural.” But this transfer of genetic material from one species to another isn’t as odd as you might think. In fact, it happens all the time in nature, as creatures ranging from fungi to bacteria have shown the ability to transfer bits of genetic material into other organisms’ DNA. Scientists have adapted this “horizontal gene transfer” process from bacteria to create many of today’s GMOs.
Now, as a new study shows, horizontal gene transfer in nature has likely modified some of the very crops we eat without any human input at all. Nearly 300 samples of human-grown sweet potatoes, as well as some wild ones, contain bits of DNA originally found in some of the very bacteria that inspired genetic modification, researchers reported this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Their findings suggest we might rethink how “unnatural” GMOs really are.
Any person who . . I dunno thinks about GMO foods. .would find the idea of genetic modification as something inherently safe. I mean man made genetic modification is new. . .but nature has been updating the genetics of plants since plants came around. our bodies are designed to breakdown those structures for energy, regardless . .
All plants and animals have been selectiviley bred and updated (and given bread, whoops on spelling there]. . .cows today versus cows of 100,000 are VERY different.
So the sweet potato thing doesn't surprise me.. . .what would surprise me is that our bodies care who is playing with the genes (God, Zeus, or Bob down at Dow)
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All plants and animals have been selectiviley bread and updated . . .cows today versus cows of 100,000 are VERY different.
I think carrots used to be purple until the Dutch selectively planted only the mutant orange kind to match their flag.
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