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5-12-2008 9:14 AM452 views
Silkweaver says:
Scientists have yet to offer a definitive explanation of why space causes the seeds to mutate but they believe that cosmic radiation, micro-gravity and magnetic fields may play a part.

Mr Lo said: "After space travel the genetic sequence may change from 1,2,3,4 to 1,2,4,3 or a gene may even disappear so 1,2,3,4 becomes 1, 2, and 4.

"We don't think there is any threat to human health because the genes themselves do not mutate, just their sequence changes.

"With genetically-modified crops you have seen environmental problems because they have added genes that can damage other organisms.

"But with space seeds they don't gain genes, they can only lose them."
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5-12-2008 5:54 PM
zadoz
the bees excitedly commented " buzz, buzz,buzzz"...translated...what the f @#k
5-13-2008 6:45 AM
juliedawn
This is pretty amazing, I had no idea the Chinese were doing that. They are very clever!
5-13-2008 7:31 AM
skwirlinator
Food of The Gods
5-13-2008 1:58 PM
edj1963
Franken-food is a bad thing we have not learned enough to be playing with genetic codes, we haven't even learned to live in peace...

"...not with a bang, bit with a whimper--T.S. Elliot
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