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Re:Monsanto Attacks Scientists After Studies Show Trouble fo... by libertyEQ on Thursday October 26, 2017 @01:02PM (#15560803)
>We have selectively bred cattle for hundreds of years to build the modern dairy cow with specific genetics.

I don't think it is a good idea to conflate selective breeding programs with gene splicing as they are very different.

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Re:Monsanto Attacks Scientists After Studies Show Trouble fo... by dragonwriter on Thursday October 26, 2017 @01:05PM (#15560824)
> I don't think it is a good idea to conflate selective breeding programs with gene splicing as they are very different.

Yeah, we have a lot more specific control and selectivity with gene splicing than selective breeding.

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Re:Monsanto Attacks Scientists After Studies Show Trouble fo... by zwerdlds on Thursday October 26, 2017 @01:59PM (#15561383)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiotropy
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Re:Monsanto Attacks Scientists After Studies Show Trouble fo... by cholantesh on Friday October 27, 2017 @11:45AM (#15569517)
What point are you trying to make?
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