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To: The Philosopher who wrote (105624)	6/3/2005 1:56:42 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Respond to of 108807

Humans have been manipulating the genetic makeup of their crops almost since there have been crops. Most of the plants we eat today -- almost all our varieties of apples, grapes, and other fruits, for example -- have been modified by mankind from what nature initially produced. Keep in mind that whenever you produce a different species of a plant, you have modified its genes. So, for example, crossing one kind of apple with another, whether by cross-pollination or by gene splicing, is genetic modification. Well said, Gregor