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From: Adam Flinton I'm not.....it's trying to copy control stuff which is alive & thus wants to copy itself.... Adam Robert Bononno wrote: > Is anyone surprised by this? > > > In article , > Adam Flinton wrote: > > >>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2998000.stm >> >>" Seeds may be a bigger danger than pollen in allowing GM crops to >>escape into the countryside. >> >>Seeds can be carried long distances on farm machinery to cross with wild >>relatives, a French study has found. >> >> Genes from commercial sugar beet turned up in wild plants growing more >>than 1.5 kilometres away, according to scientists at Lille University. >> >>It suggests GM crops are likely to jump the confines of any buffer zone >>imposed. >> >>"If GM sugar beets are established in regions where populations of the >>wild form also occur, then gene flow between wild and cultivated >>relatives is almost inevitable," says lead author Dr Jean-Francois >>Arnaud. "" >> >> >>Adam >> > > --- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-4* Origin: Barktopia BBS Site http://HarborWebs.com:8081 (1:379/45) SEEN-BY: 633/267 270 @PATH: 379/45 1 633/267 |
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