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Re:RNA demethylation increases rice and potato yields 50% by apinstein on Thursday July 22, 2021 @11:34PM (#27926908)
Because it’s epigenetics! No novel gene sequences are introduced. Just a change in what natural genes are expressed and at what levels.
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Re:RNA demethylation increases rice and potato yields 50% by mnw21cam on Friday July 23, 2021 @05:00AM (#27928650)
No. The FTO gene from humans was inserted into the genome of these plants. That gene produced a protein that performs RNA demethylation, which isn't even epigenetics, because epigenetics is the set of extra stuff that happens on DNA, not RNA.
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Re:RNA demethylation increases rice and potato yields 50% by apinstein on Saturday July 24, 2021 @12:13PM (#27942097)
Oh my bad I didn’t read the full article. Of course, insertion of a gene to do demethylation would be genetic modification.
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Re:RNA demethylation increases rice and potato yields 50% by amelius on Friday July 23, 2021 @02:44AM (#27927894)
How novel is the idea then?
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