• Varyk@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Thats a teosinte seed; teosinte is the grass ancestor of corn that still grows in Mexico.

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        3 months ago

        Ancestor is not the same as non GMO. One could say that primates in Madagascar are ancestors to human. But there’s no human population that is either GMO or went through the process of selective breeding.

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            3 months ago

            Ok… but the reason why people don’t like GMOs is because they’re bred to be doused in pesticides. They also can cross-pollinate with non-GMO’s to create non viable seeds among other things.

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              3 months ago

              *Some

              Is the keyword, GMO purposes can be vast, and not all are just for pesticides or non-fertility.

              Some are even used to be more pest resistant so it can be less reliant on pesticides.

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              3 months ago

              GMO is a misconstrued term much like free range or grass fed or no trans fats.

              Don’t step on the rake.

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          2 months ago

          selective breeding

          I wonder, isn’t sexual selection a form of “selective breeding”?