[CH] Cloning Capsiacin
Oatmeal Jack (oat@intrepid.net)
Sun, 20 Feb 2000 17:16:29 -0500
Pete,
I am not talking about putting a cows gene into a hab, just boosting
something the hab is already producing on its own. As I understand it the
Red Savina is a "mutant" of some orange habs. Somebody noticed it, picked
it, planted its seeds and patented it to make money. Did they do any
testing to see if the mutated Red Savinas were harmful to the
environment? Could the genes that mutated eventually lead to problems with
other closely related plants? If by changing the expression of just one
gene in a hab, without adding foreign DNA, you could make it produce 10
times the heat what would be the harm. If you found the same mutation in
your garden you would be happy and rich, but if a person does it in a lab
all of a sudden the Earth is threatened?
Does anyone know if the Capsiacin gene has been sequenced yet??
Jack, a WV Mountaineer Red Neck
Dave,
a couple of comments ...
pro-GM propagandists love to package the term "breeding for type" with
"genetic modification". fact is, they ain't the same thing.
selective breeding for a specific trait in a plant or animal, within
that creature's own gene pool is one thing. Inserting the genetic material
of one organism into another, (
genetically dissimilar creature ) is what happens with GM.
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