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Valmond@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoThey had a kill gene so some crazy inventor wouldn’t kill humanity, or that was the reason I heard back in the day…
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Valmond@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoThey had a kill gene so some crazy inventor wouldn’t kill humanity, or that was the reason I heard back in the day…
The_v@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The so called terminator gene was developed in and to attempt to limit the spread of GMO genes into the wild populations. It was a USDA-ARS program. Not their best work but it would have prevented today’s clusterfuck of contamination.
Valmond@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I haven’t heard of the contamination problem, do you have any info about that?
The_v@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
doi.org/10.4161/21645698.2014.945883
Here’s a paper discussing the issue.
Corn to teosintes GMO contamination is also huge issue especially in southern states.
20+ years after a failed introduction of GMO RR wheat, they are still finding it in fields.
producer.com/…/cause-of-gm-wheat-escape-unlikely-…
reuters.com/…/usda-investigates-unapproved-gmo-wh…