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Re:Are Domestic and Wild Salmon Still the Same Species? by littletimmy on Friday November 27, 2015 @08:27AM (#10637191)
No, it is genetic modification.

Think of it as beauty modification. Breed good looking man, with good looking woman, you select for a good looking child. On the other hand, take an ugly child put it under a knife and through plastic surgery you modify for a beautiful child. That's the difference between genetic modification and genetic selection. Genetic selection has a long history, genetic modification does not.

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Re:Are Domestic and Wild Salmon Still the Same Species? by corin_ on Friday November 27, 2015 @08:51AM (#10637274)
Your example of plastic surgery is definitively not genetic modification. Just modification.
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Re:Are Domestic and Wild Salmon Still the Same Species? by littletimmy on Friday November 27, 2015 @09:07AM (#10637339)
Yes. It is called an analogy.
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