"modom (palindrome guy)" wrote:
>
> Brief descriptions, too.
> http://webecoist.com/2009/02/19/gene...ts-vegetables/
>
> I'd like to taste a lemato, I think.
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>
> modom


Interesting page.
All the foodstuffs we eat are genetically modified. Sometimes that
modification took place centuries ago. Other modifications are more
modern.
Simple hybridisation (pollen transfer by insects, wind or humans) is
genetic modification. The insulin gene put into the lettuce required
more than pollen transfer
Carrots naturally come in many colours; the orange sort has become the
most common in parts of the world.