Posted on 12/06/2016 6:00:26 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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I think the answer depends on whether it can still procreate with a regular chimp. It's one of the defining differences between species. If it can't, it's a different species; if it can, then it's just a unique breed, although one produced by accelerated intervention rather than selective genetics.
That's just a rough delineation--I'm aware that there are some exceptions, like mules.
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Mules and hinnies are not new species, though, any more than ligers and tigons are new species of big cats.
I know, there’s exceptions.
Also, plants are a lot more forgiving of major genetic manipulations that would kill animals. Tri-ploidy, where the plant has multiple copies of the genetic material, is often encouraged in some flowering plants. Like, IIRC, daylilies.
Been gluten and now grain free for several years. Noticed several health changes, all for the better.
I’m all for GMO, non organic gluten. Just not Kellogg’s
Ought we avoid grains that we grow ourselves? Grain in diets figures quite prominently in the Bible.
It’s certainly a good thing to avoid whatever the FDR-created and federally-controlled “agribusiness” produces (per the ninth plank of communism, which stipulates “[c]ombination of agriculture with manufacturing industries”).
Gregor Mendel is rolling over in his grave thinking “Jeeze are they still arguing about this?”
Corn has likewise undergone extensive changes.
There is much information to suggest that the original genetic information is still there. We know very little information about junk dna. It may be an incredible back up system. One thing we should agree on, “junk dna” is very complex. We only call it junk because we don’t understand it.
Gregor Mendel is rolling over in his grave thinking “Jeeze are they still arguing about this?”
“Been gluten and now grain free for several years. Noticed several health changes, all for the better.”
Same here. I feel like a different (better) person when I am off grains altogether.
What we have now are all Frankengrains.
Always note the use of words.
Sounds like something you’d expect to hear on Huffington Post or Daily Kos.
Like what?
What we have now are all Frankengrains.
Propaganda Analysis 101:
Always note the use of words.
Exactly. Agriculture and genetic selection of plants with favorable characteristics has been going on for thousands of years.
is there a good source of recipes and/or things to eat that satisfy that aren’t grain related?
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