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Re:Launch HN: Living Carbon (YC W20) – Trees that capture an... by JacobThreeThree on Monday March 14, 2022 @02:16PM (#30675939)
>Dwarf wheat

Breeding is included in the genetic engineering definition?

Re:Launch HN: Living Carbon (YC W20) – Trees that capture an... by HWR_14 on Monday March 14, 2022 @03:41PM (#30677198)
I said bioengineering, not genetic engineering. Selective breeding would count, but with wheat crossing traits is done (and has been for over a century) in a hand-process of mixing pollen for 10-12 generations - it's not just selective evolutionary pressures. Furthermore, wheat has been subject to a lot of alternative methods of genomic modification, like exposure to gamma rays to induce mutations.