(June 1, 2013 at 2:56 pm)Rhythm Wrote: They are, strictly speaking - but we've begun to use the term GMO to refer not to organisms that have been genetically modified - but the manner in which modification has been achieved. Bananas and roundup ready corn are both artefacts -insomuch as any crop can be-.
Don't forget common wheat (Triticum aestivum) . We bread them by crossing THREE different species. Yes, it is allohexaploid. Isn't it fascinating, that you can make an organisms which has chromosomes from three different organisms and it still can reproduce? And not just reproduce, but has become an entire new species
