Feed me, Seymore!
Posted on 03/27/2021 1:09:54 PM PDT by House Atreides
“...A bug known as a whitefly received a gene from a plant, and that DNA influx... changed it... The bug has been causing massive damage to tomato, potato, and tobacco crops, as the new gene allowed it to evade protections that plants develop against these pests....
...As far as we know, ours is the first example of horizontal transfer of a functional gene from plant to animal,”...
...horizontal gene transfer occurs when a species gets genetic code from another species and... incorporates those genes in its DNA. Genes are typically transmitted vertically, from parents to offspring, and don’t involve inter-species crossover. Horizontal gene change is common between bacteria but very rare between multicellular organisms.
...researchers found that the whitefly (B. tabachi) obtained a gene dubbed BtPMaT1, which gave it protection against toxins found on plants — toxins that should protect them from insects... The researchers fed the whiteflies a diet containing the toxic phenolic glycosides, with a control group receiving a solution without the toxin. That’s how they proved the bug received the gene from a plant and then incorporated it into its DNA.
The whitefly would... ingest those phenolic glycosides when feeding on the tomato plant and that would usually kill it. But the BtPMaT1 gene neutralizes these toxins, so the whitefly can continue to destroy crops undisturbed. Essentially, the whitefly incorporated the plant’s defense mechanism into its own genome to beat the plant....
...researchers have no idea how the bug got the gene from the plant... That’s “an extremely rare event,” according to Turlings. Free to feed on crops, the whiteflies can become quite dangerous. They secrete a sticky substance known as honeydew and transmit other viruses to plants. This can lead to billions of dollars of crop damage, Inverse reports....”
(Excerpt) Read more at bgr.com ...
Maybe that is what they have in the Covid vaxes. Heh
me too
yup
...researchers found that the whitefly (B. tabachi) obtained a gene dubbed BtPMaT1, which gave it protection against toxins found on plants — toxins that should protect them from insects... The researchers fed the whiteflies a diet containing the toxic phenolic glycosides, with a control group receiving a solution without the toxin. That’s how they proved the bug received the gene from a plant and then incorporated it into its DNA.
That on the surface is no proof of anything. Maybe they just need a better science writer. How about explaining the outcome of their test versus the control group.
They might have explained how they knew that whitefly (B. tabachi) did not have that DNA incorporation in past generations. How can feeding whitefly (B. tabachi) the same diet that it had been naturally feeding on prove jack squat?
Thanks! That’s good information.
Don’t blame yourself. Even the complete sentences are bad.
“The researchers fed the whiteflies a diet containing the toxic phenolic glycosides, with a control group receiving a solution without the toxin. That’s how they proved the bug received the gene from a plant and then incorporated it into its DNA.”
The above is most certainly not how they proved the fly got the gene from the plant. That describes evidence to support the idea that the fly got an enzyme from the plant, but doesn’t even get to the DNA level yet.
Done is a lab and released. That is my guess.
Feed me, Seymore!
I bet it came from the CCP and they planted it in the US.
Note to self: Avoid eating plants.
I don’t follow the logic of this article. The plants have a gene which produces a toxin that kills whiteflies. If the whiteflies acquired this gene they would make a toxin that kills whiteflies and the larva would die before the fly even matured.
What the whiteflies acquired was something (either a gene or epigenetic change that persisted in offspring) that blocked the action of the plant toxin from disrupting the whiteflies metabolism and killing it. This happens all the time in nature and is called descent with modification (mutations). Any whiteflies with this mutation would thrive and displace any whiteflies that were still killed by the plant toxin. Either I missed something or this article is woefully confused in its explanation.
The researchers have no idea how the bug got the gene from the plant, but they suspect that an ancient virus might have been involved. That’s “an extremely rare event,” according to Turlings. Free to feed on crops, the whiteflies can become quite dangerous. They secrete a sticky substance known as honeydew and transmit other viruses to plants. This can lead to billions of dollars of crop damage, Inverse reports.The whiteflies have always had this DNA as far as we in modern times know. The researchers believe they have tracked a prehistoric evolutionary event that they have a "genetic correction for" and not some Wuhan Laboratory gene splicing event. This article is only written as a defense of GMO products. I'm all for GMO, but they don't need to create thinly veiled propaganda articles to support it for the dumb masses.
Whitefly Privilege...
China’s government needs to experience DEVISTATION.
Ask about murder hornets and fire ants too.
it probably came from them
nature has a solution to whiteflies - ladybugs and lacewings
Plausible deniability........ same as Covid...
Still wrecks havoc on our economy.....
This is what happens when man is messes with God’s creation.
How do you know we haven’t. That’s the beauty of biowarfare... No fingerprints. And even if there are (Wuhan Lab) the blame is easy to deflect.
I crossed a spider with a horse one time.
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