GMO Researcher's work is pulled
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Interesting, although I doubt this is going to have any major implications for the future.0
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Did you know the FDA approved combining a salmon with an Eel? Just to make it grow faster?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AquAdvantage_salmon
GMO foods. Lets all eat them and never question them.0 -
@JanetYellen did you know we share half our DNA with a banana?0
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1. Putting one gene from an eel into a salmon (which is what happened) does not have nearly the same implications as "combining a salmon with an eel," which implies some bizarre kind of 50:50 cross breed (which would not work).
2. Salmon have, on average, a smaller size than decades ago because of overfishing. (The biggest fish get caught, meaning the ones left over to reproduce are smaller and pass on genes for smaller body size to their offspring.) If adding one gene makes farmed salmon get bigger, this could have the effect of reducing strain on wild populations (which have been totally interfered with by humans).
Full disclosure: I am a vegetarian and don't eat salmon at all. But I have no problem with GMOs. (I do have a problem with researchers who fudge data just to get publications.)
Qualifications backing up my opinion on the subject: Bachelor's degrees in biology and chemistry, PhD in biochemistry.0 -
DanyellMcGinnis wrote: »1. Putting one gene from an eel into a salmon (which is what happened) does not have nearly the same implications as "combining a salmon with an eel," which implies some bizarre kind of 50:50 cross breed (which would not work).
2. Salmon have, on average, a smaller size than decades ago because of overfishing. (The biggest fish get caught, meaning the ones left over to reproduce are smaller and pass on genes for smaller body size to their offspring.) If adding one gene makes farmed salmon get bigger, this could have the effect of reducing strain on wild populations (which have been totally interfered with by humans).
Full disclosure: I am a vegetarian and don't eat salmon at all. But I have no problem with GMOs. (I do have a problem with researchers who fudge data just to get publications.)
Qualifications backing up my opinion on the subject: Bachelor's degrees in biology and chemistry, PhD in biochemistry.
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JanetYellen wrote: »Did you know the FDA approved combining a salmon with an Eel? Just to make it grow faster?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AquAdvantage_salmon
GMO foods. Lets all eat them and never question them.
Or..... We could try to truly understand a topic before commenting.0 -
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@JanetYellen did you know we share half our DNA with a banana?
Some, I think, share more. Like 75%.0 -
I see no difference in how it's done now and how modern day corn came about.0
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Regarding #2, is there anything wrong with having smaller sized fish?DanyellMcGinnis wrote: »1. Putting one gene from an eel into a salmon (which is what happened) does not have nearly the same implications as "combining a salmon with an eel," which implies some bizarre kind of 50:50 cross breed (which would not work).
2. Salmon have, on average, a smaller size than decades ago because of overfishing. (The biggest fish get caught, meaning the ones left over to reproduce are smaller and pass on genes for smaller body size to their offspring.) If adding one gene makes farmed salmon get bigger, this could have the effect of reducing strain on wild populations (which have been totally interfered with by humans).
Full disclosure: I am a vegetarian and don't eat salmon at all. But I have no problem with GMOs. (I do have a problem with researchers who fudge data just to get publications.)
Qualifications backing up my opinion on the subject: Bachelor's degrees in biology and chemistry, PhD in biochemistry.
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thorsmom01 wrote: »JanetYellen wrote: »Did you know the FDA approved combining a salmon with an Eel? Just to make it grow faster?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AquAdvantage_salmon
GMO foods. Lets all eat them and never question them.
Or..... We could try to truly understand a topic before commenting.
Oh, you idealist, you!0 -
The problem with smaller sized fish is more bones.0
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JanetYellen wrote: »Did you know the FDA approved combining a salmon with an Eel? Just to make it grow faster?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AquAdvantage_salmon
GMO foods. Lets all eat them and never question them.
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FunkyTobias wrote: »JanetYellen wrote: »Did you know the FDA approved combining a salmon with an Eel? Just to make it grow faster?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AquAdvantage_salmon
GMO foods. Lets all eat them and never question them.
Okay, that made me LOL.
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FunkyTobias wrote: »JanetYellen wrote: »Did you know the FDA approved combining a salmon with an Eel? Just to make it grow faster?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AquAdvantage_salmon
GMO foods. Lets all eat them and never question them.
Okay, that made me LOL.
Me too! :laugh:0 -
DanyellMcGinnis wrote: »1. Putting one gene from an eel into a salmon (which is what happened) does not have nearly the same implications as "combining a salmon with an eel," which implies some bizarre kind of 50:50 cross breed (which would not work).
2. Salmon have, on average, a smaller size than decades ago because of overfishing. (The biggest fish get caught, meaning the ones left over to reproduce are smaller and pass on genes for smaller body size to their offspring.) If adding one gene makes farmed salmon get bigger, this could have the effect of reducing strain on wild populations (which have been totally interfered with by humans).
Full disclosure: I am a vegetarian and don't eat salmon at all. But I have no problem with GMOs. (I do have a problem with researchers who fudge data just to get publications.)
Qualifications backing up my opinion on the subject: Bachelor's degrees in biology and chemistry, PhD in biochemistry.
I'm pretty sure we should be friends. I came here to see if I wanted to muster the energy to explain the silliness of the GMO fearmongering today, but you did it for me--and well. I am a lacto-ovo vegetarian myself and am working on my bachelor's in environmental science. Ya make a girl happy. Well done. 0 -
Glad to help the t-dna'ers find each other.0
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ForecasterJason wrote: »
Regarding #2, is there anything wrong with having smaller sized fish?DanyellMcGinnis wrote: »1. Putting one gene from an eel into a salmon (which is what happened) does not have nearly the same implications as "combining a salmon with an eel," which implies some bizarre kind of 50:50 cross breed (which would not work).
2. Salmon have, on average, a smaller size than decades ago because of overfishing. (The biggest fish get caught, meaning the ones left over to reproduce are smaller and pass on genes for smaller body size to their offspring.) If adding one gene makes farmed salmon get bigger, this could have the effect of reducing strain on wild populations (which have been totally interfered with by humans).
Full disclosure: I am a vegetarian and don't eat salmon at all. But I have no problem with GMOs. (I do have a problem with researchers who fudge data just to get publications.)
Qualifications backing up my opinion on the subject: Bachelor's degrees in biology and chemistry, PhD in biochemistry.
Yeah. It means having to eat more of them.0
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