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10. This is like saying TVs in the 1960s were not electronics

Fri Aug 19, 2016, 12:34 AM

Aug 2016

Because they don't use modern transistors. Or that diamond grit created through artificial processes isn't really chemically diamond.

Selectively breed, create alleles, crossbreed, and use mutagenics long enough, and you will eventually hit on the same genetic sequence that a horizontal gene transfer mechanism does. The only difference is speed. It's all GMO.

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Another brilliant GMO breakthrough: "bio-fortified" rice [View all] ConservativeDemocrat Aug 2016 OP

Excellent news. Loki Liesmith Aug 2016 #1

So awesome. ZombieHorde Aug 2016 #2

Yeah, I'm just waiting for the Food Babe to criticize it GaYellowDawg Aug 2016 #3

But but but,... MONSANTO IS EEEEEEEEEEEVIL!!!!!!!!!!! MohRokTah Aug 2016 #4

No, it's "BUT, BUT, BUT GLYPHOSATE CAUSES THE LURGI!" longship Aug 2016 #6

K&R for science! nt Dr Hobbitstein Aug 2016 #5

You perhaps should not post about GMOs because PufPuf23 Aug 2016 #7

Horizontal gene transfer also exists in nature ConservativeDemocrat Aug 2016 #8

I never criticized anything to do with technology. PufPuf23 Aug 2016 #9

This is like saying TVs in the 1960s were not electronics ConservativeDemocrat Aug 2016 #10

You are wrong and scientifically not precise in language.. PufPuf23 Aug 2016 #11

GMO is not as precisely defined as you think Major Nikon Aug 2016 #13

You're like one of those people who insist that black people can't be racist... ConservativeDemocrat Aug 2016 #14

But, many use the fallen seen, during harvesting, for the next growth. GMO and hybrid prevents this. TheBlackAdder Aug 2016 #12

No, it doesn't ConservativeDemocrat Aug 2016 #15