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Biotech / Medical : Monsanto Co. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JGoren who wrote (1568)	3/11/1999 12:10:00 AM
From: Dan Spillane	Respond to of 2539

Well, I think I can alleviate your concern. You will be happy to know that the specific traits are ADDED into existing crops; put NOT into one, but an array of varieties. This could (or may already) include "older" varieties of crops which have been genetically modified through breeding and hybridization. In fact, this is a primary element of Monsanto's success...varieties which a farmer is familiar with -- and already grow best in a particular region -- get a trait added. On this same note, did you know that through newer gene modification techniques, traits which have been completely lost due to older, traditional genetic modification methods can be recovered? One trait of this type is the ability to utilize a "locked" version of iron from the soil...apparently this genetic trait was lost due to breeding (using older gene modification techniques, they never really knew what was in the food, it just looked or grew better). If you want, I can point you to this study.