• Psychodelic@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Do people use breed and generically modify interchangeably? Are they actually the same

    • SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      3 months ago

      Selective breeding is a way to pick out the genetic traits you prefer so technically yes but it’s not how people typically use “genetically modified.”

    • dohpaz42@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      No they are not the same. GMO is defined as using genetic engineering to modify an organism. Breeding, or recombination, does not qualify as GMO. But I’m sure there are a lot of people that lump breeding with genetic engineering, so it’s really all in who you ask.

    • Ekky@sopuli.xyz
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      3 months ago

      We get to choose the genes when genetically modifying, and it usually takes a few years (plus health metrics and research once complete).

      Contrary, when selectively breeding we can breed for traits which we are not guaranteed to actually get, and it takes a few decades (plus health metrics and research once complete).

      • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
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        3 months ago

        when selectively breeding we can breed for traits which we are not guaranteed to actually get, and it takes a few decades (plus health metrics and research once complete).

        Nobody will make you confirm your randomly bred variant is actually healthy, or even non-harmful, and you can sell it without publishing a thing.