I think the fear of GMOs is that the mods may interbreed with unmodified strains and weaken -- or homogenize -- the genome.
It seems like an unreasonable fear to me, but then again, most fears are unreasonable, right? I mean, you'd be hard-pressed to find a farmer interested in a modification which weakens his crop and impacts his bottom-line. The concern about homogeneity seems a little more rational, but even so, it's premised on the idea that GMOs would have vastly superior reproductive rates. It's my understanding that most mods are aimed at pestilence resistance.
It seems like an unreasonable fear to me, but then again, most fears are unreasonable, right? I mean, you'd be hard-pressed to find a farmer interested in a modification which weakens his crop and impacts his bottom-line. The concern about homogeneity seems a little more rational, but even so, it's premised on the idea that GMOs would have vastly superior reproductive rates. It's my understanding that most mods are aimed at pestilence resistance.
