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Re:Fruits and vegetables are less nutritious than they used ... by eutectic on Sunday May 01, 2022 @09:19PM (#31230418)
The vast majority of changes in plant genetics are from selective breeding, nothing to do with GMO.
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Re:Fruits and vegetables are less nutritious than they used ... by IncRnd on Monday May 02, 2022 @12:18AM (#31231388)
Selective breeding is a form of genetic modification which doesn't involve the addition of foreign DNA.
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Re:Fruits and vegetables are less nutritious than they used ... by colechristensen on Monday May 02, 2022 @12:50AM (#31231580)
"GMO" refers exclusively to organisms that have had genes added, edited, or removed directly, it has nothing to do with plant breeding.
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