The author stated he hooked the 4 yr old's 486 up to his/her "little LAN". Unless this poster is really Al Gore, they probably don't mean to imply this IS the Big I.
"Gene Leaking" does occur, but not like this
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While the summary of this article is forboding and, I feel unlikely, these genes can and do move around. I have had occassion to work with transgenic projects that looked specifically at gene movement. These had to do with herbicide resistant crops and movement of resistance to similar weed species. Movement DID occur, although resistance was not guaranteed. Interestingly enough, the companies developing the crops were equally concerned with their genes moving into a neighboring field of the same type of crop. Competitors, they reasoned, would be able to harvest and isolate their proprietary work.
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The author stated he hooked the 4 yr old's 486 up to his/her "little LAN". Unless this poster is really Al Gore, they probably don't mean to imply this IS the Big I.
While the summary of this article is forboding and, I feel unlikely, these genes can and do move around. I have had occassion to work with transgenic projects that looked specifically at gene movement. These had to do with herbicide resistant crops and movement of resistance to similar weed species. Movement DID occur, although resistance was not guaranteed. Interestingly enough, the companies developing the crops were equally concerned with their genes moving into a neighboring field of the same type of crop. Competitors, they reasoned, would be able to harvest and isolate their proprietary work.