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[โ€“] [email protected] 139 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Thats a teosinte seed; teosinte is the grass ancestor of corn that still grows in Mexico.

[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

So its the corn that is genetically modified.

[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ancestor is not the same as non GMO. One could say that primates in Madagascar are ancestors to human. But there's no human population that is either GMO or went through the process of selective breeding.

[โ€“] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (1 children)

True, but people selectively bred teosinte into corn.

[โ€“] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ok.. but the reason why people don't like GMOs is because they're bred to be doused in pesticides. They also can cross-pollinate with non-GMO's to create non viable seeds among other things.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

*Some

Is the keyword, GMO purposes can be vast, and not all are just for pesticides or non-fertility.

Some are even used to be more pest resistant so it can be less reliant on pesticides.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

GMO is a misconstrued term much like free range or grass fed or no trans fats.

Don't step on the rake.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

selective breeding

I wonder, isn't sexual selection a form of "selective breeding"?