• Psychodelic@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Do people use breed and generically modify interchangeably? Are they actually the same

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      9 months ago

      No they are not the same. GMO is defined as using genetic engineering to modify an organism. Breeding, or recombination, does not qualify as GMO. But I’m sure there are a lot of people that lump breeding with genetic engineering, so it’s really all in who you ask.