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Insects Rapidly Becoming Resistant To GM Corn

Posted by samzenpus on from the the-speed-of-nature dept.

DrHeasley writes "BT corn, which contains the DNA for Bacillus thuringensis toxin, was once hailed as the final solution for insect predators on this valuable crop. Now it turns out that insects, and evolution, are smarter than we thought, and the corn that contains the built in pesticide is no longer reliably protected."

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  1. Conviction is a luxury by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't know jackshit about biologic or agricultural but I have strong opinions about why this has happened, how it can be prevented, and how our farmers ought to grow the crops.

  2. Re:Jeff Goldblum by Samantha+Wright · · Score: 5, Funny

    As an evolutionary biologist it is my sworn duty to make fun of helpless species that evolved to fill an ecological niche in the absence of predators. Like Walmart shoppers.

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  3. Re:Jeff Goldblum by Black+Parrot · · Score: 3, Funny

    Like Walmart shoppers.

    We wanted a car/computer analogy, you insensitive clod!

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  4. Re:Jeff Goldblum by Ihmhi · · Score: 5, Funny

    As an evolutionary biologist you would probably appreciate this the most out of anyone.

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  5. Obligatory Darwin quote by goodmanj · · Score: 3, Funny

    As Darwin himself said: "Well, *duh*. What did you expect?"

  6. Re:Jeff Goldblum by Shadow+of+Eternity · · Score: 4, Funny

    Honestly when you have an animal too lazy to fuck it's time to just let them go.

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