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Re:Stop Bashing G.M.O. Foods, More Than 100 Nobel Laureates Say by fovc on Friday July 01, 2016 @08:54AM (#12015575)
Do you have a source for GMO improving yield and nutrition? I thought most GM was Roundup Ready and similar, designed to be herbicide resistant. I've heard of e.g., Golden Rice being more nutritious with beta carotene, but was under the impressioname that yields weren't great. Even with non-GMO there's a well known tradeoff between yield and nutrition (search dilution effect), so this would be a big deal
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Re:Stop Bashing G.M.O. Foods, More Than 100 Nobel Laureates Say by Kristine1975 on Friday July 01, 2016 @09:44AM (#12015937)
>Do you have a source for GMO improving nutrition?

Golden Rice comes to mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_rice >Golden rice is a variety of rice (Oryza sativa) produced through genetic engineering to biosynthesize beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A, in the edible parts of rice.

But see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12015708

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