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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Do people use breed and generically modify interchangeably? Are they actually the same

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We get to choose the genes when genetically modifying, and it usually takes a few years (plus health metrics and research once complete).

Contrary, when selectively breeding we can breed for traits which we are not guaranteed to actually get, and it takes a few decades (plus health metrics and research once complete).

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

when selectively breeding we can breed for traits which we are not guaranteed to actually get, and it takes a few decades (plus health metrics and research once complete).

Nobody will make you confirm your randomly bred variant is actually healthy, or even non-harmful, and you can sell it without publishing a thing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Gmos go through far more rigorous testing requirements than new organisms created by traditional means. you've got it completely backwards.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But that's what I said...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I'm an idiot. My bad.

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