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Originally Posted by jorjef
What you say about the new GMO Nemo's
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Depends on how we're defining GMO here I suppose. Are these clown fish selectively bred, or were they genetically manipulated (e.g. insertions, deletions, adjustments, etc.) at the gene level by someone in a lab? Really, I don't know, I have done zero research on the clowns, so I don't know. Those would be my first questions at least to start.
The concern with GMO vs. Selective Breeding, that I have, is that GMO comes across as cross-species genetic manipulation, and realistically none of these genes could come together in nature by chance alone (at least not for a very very very long time). However when one looks at selective breeding its manipulating genetic information that is already there, there is no introduction of stuff that "can't take naturally" on its own. Then there is the whole discussion on labelling and disclosure, which is a large subject in and of itself.
Does that answer your question?
10-06-2012, 07:36 PM
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