[PCA] Invading Transgenes

[Steve Erickson]

But the what are you going to do with the material other than
slice and plice? Reintroductions into the wild are going to be
recontaminated.
-Steve Erickson
Forsty Hollow
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> This is one reason that gene banks are important. I'm not
saying it's a 
> replacement for the wild species, but when you can't control
the change, 
> better to get a sample of what's out there before the
change happens, 
> right?
> 
> Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
> Botanist - Division of Scientific Authority
> Chair - Plant Conservation Alliance - Medicinal Plant Working
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> 
> Gena Fleming <genafleming at gmail.com> 
> Sent by: native-plants-bounces at lists.plantconservation.org
> 02/23/2009 04:12 PM
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> [PCA] Invading Transgenes
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> 
> I think it's imperative that we recognize transgenes from
transgenic 
> "forest" (planation) trees and other modified plants will also 
> inevitably 
> escape and contaminate the wild.
>  
> Why are we reorganizing nature?  How is this passing for
"science"? - 
> Gena 
> Fleming
>  
>  
> Excerpt and link:
>  
> "NOW it's official: genes from genetically modified corn
have escaped 
> into 
> wild varieties in rural Mexico. A new study resolves a
long-running 
> controversy over the spread of GM genes and suggests that
detecting such 
> escapes may be tougher than previously thought.
> In 2001, when biologists David Quist and Ignacio Chapela
reported 
> finding 
> transgenes from GM corn in traditional varieties in Oaxaca,
Mexico, they 
> faced a barrage of criticism over their techniques. Nature,
which had 
> published the research, eventually disowned their paper,
while a second 
> study by different researchers failed to back up their
findings.
> But now, Elena Alvarez-Buylla of the National Autonomous
University in 
> Mexico City and her team have backed Quist and Chapela's
claim. They 
> found 
> transgenes in about 1 per cent of nearly 2000 samples they
took from the 
> region (Molecular Ecology, vol 18, p 750)."
> Full article:
>  
>
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126964.200-
transgenes-found-in-
> wild-corn.html
>  
>
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