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minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoThey had a kill gene so some crazy inventor wouldn’t kill humanity, or that was the reason I heard back in the day…
minus-squareThe_v@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoThe 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.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoI haven’t heard of the contamination problem, do you have any info about that?
minus-squareThe_v@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agohttps://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. https://www.producer.com/news/cause-of-gm-wheat-escape-unlikely-to-be-known/ https://www.reuters.com/article/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/usda-investigates-unapproved-gmo-wheat-found-in-washington-state-idUSKCN1T900N/
They had a kill gene so some crazy inventor wouldn’t kill humanity, or that was the reason I heard back in the day…
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.
I haven’t heard of the contamination problem, do you have any info about that?
https://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.
https://www.producer.com/news/cause-of-gm-wheat-escape-unlikely-to-be-known/
https://www.reuters.com/article/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/usda-investigates-unapproved-gmo-wheat-found-in-washington-state-idUSKCN1T900N/