George DornApr 19, 2017

Here are some apples that don't turn brown because the gene that codes for polyphenoloxydase has been supressed. That means they look fresher and appetizing longer, and self-digest slower than normal apples. I wonder if you'd get a different color cider from these...

"But are they apples now?" Well, yes, given that apples today are nothing like those once found in the wild.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/20/health/apples-genetically-modified-on-sale-soon/index.html

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And then there's the era of Atomic Gardening, when we developed dozens of new varieties by speeding up the natural mutation rate with radiation. If you fire a shotgun blast of beta rays and gamma rays at some seeds and collect the desirable mutations, that's the exact same process that occurs in nature, just faster.

The irony is some of those same strains are still being grown today, some even legitimately marked as non-GMO and organic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_gardening

#ProGMO

Apr 19, 2017 at 11:15pmWeb