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Thread ID: 112602 2010-09-13 18:45:00 Wanna Read Something Stu-u-pid? SurferJoe46 (51) PC World Chat
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1136922 2010-09-14 02:26:00 I'm not sure about GE products yet as I have seen too much damage done when humans thought things would be ok. eg the introduction of rabbits to this country and gorse.
I wish people would get the difference between GM and GE. GE is where genes have been genetically engineered by science whereas I am a genetic modification of my parents, or you might cross a couple of breeds of tomato to get the results you want.
mikebartnz (21)
1136923 2010-09-14 04:07:00 I'm not sure about GE products yet as I have seen too much damage done when humans thought things would be ok. eg the introduction of rabbits to this country and gorse.
I wish people would get the difference between GM and GE. GE is where genes have been genetically engineered by science whereas I am a genetic modification of my parents, or you might cross a couple of breeds of tomato to get the results you want.

Good on ya, Mike. I forgot the distinction.
SurferJoe46 (51)
1136924 2010-09-14 05:37:00 I wish people would get the difference between GM and GE. GE is where genes have been genetically engineered by science whereas I am a genetic modification of my parents, or you might cross a couple of breeds of tomato to get the results you want.
They're the same thing. I don't know if they have any official stance, but modification and engineering are just two words describing the same thing in this context. What you're referring to is selective breeding.

You're not the GM product of your parents, yes your parents' genes were....interchanged, during crossover events in meiosis, but their genes remain intact (well, halved in gametes), they're only shuffled if you will, and you get half/half from each parent.
qazwsxokmijn (102)
1136925 2010-09-14 07:39:00 They're the same thing. I don't know if they have any official stance, but modification and engineering are just two words describing the same thing in this context. What you're referring to is selective breeding.

You're not the GM product of your parents, yes your parents' genes were....interchanged, during crossover events in meiosis, but their genes remain intact (well, halved in gametes), they're only shuffled if you will, and you get half/half from each parent.
You say they are the same thing I say they are not so we will leave it at that.
mikebartnz (21)
1136926 2010-09-14 12:37:00 What's wrong with salmon the way it is?

"Just one rule of thumb when it comes to food and drugs "approved" by the US FDA: wait 5 years, then take."

hahaha the goods
mOOseCaNNoN (13319)
1136927 2010-09-14 18:03:00 You say they are the same thing I say they are not so we will leave it at that.

Mike - I side with you here (you KNEW that would happen one day - right?)
SurferJoe46 (51)
1136928 2010-09-14 22:54:00 Mike - I side with you here (you KNEW that would happen one day - right?)
It is always nice when it happens.
mikebartnz (21)
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