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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 25 Jan 2014

    Yup, Dogs & Cats are genetically modified organisms. So are practically all foods we eat — 10,000 years of agriculture.

    9:52 AM - 25 Jan 2014
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      2. Drug WereMonkey‏ @drugmonkeyblog 25 Jan 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        #GMO Cats, in particular, have never been tested for safety. @neiltyson

        2 replies 4 retweets 5 likes
      3. Chris Hyde‏ @bluenumeral 25 Jan 2014
        Replying to @drugmonkeyblog

        @drugmonkeyblog @neiltyson They should be labelled or banned! #GMO

        0 replies 2 retweets 0 likes
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      1. Miles Tougeaux‏ @milestougeaux 25 Jan 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson yeah but how many years of cross breeding would it take to get Alaskan flounder genes into strawberries?

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      2. Tiro Typeworks‏ @TiroTypeworks 25 Jan 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson @Dunwich_Type No amount of selective breeding is equivalent to injecting DNA from one organism into another.

        1 reply 3 retweets 5 likes
      3. Karlie‏ @geoKarlie 25 Jan 2014
        Replying to @TiroTypeworks

        @TiroTypeworks really? How about Ligers? Tigons? Just to name a few cross-species breeds. Some plants can too.

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Tiro Typeworks‏ @TiroTypeworks 26 Jan 2014
        Replying to @geoKarlie

        @geoKarlie Lions & tigers are the same genus; cross breeding them is very different from directly modifying genes at the cellular level.

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      2. Gòmez de la Sorna‏ @odradek1 25 Jan 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson All species are genetically modified beings, if you put it like that.

        4 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. Dust‏ @D4u2s0t 25 Jan 2014
        Replying to @odradek1

        @odradek1 @neiltyson Humans do not practice selective breeding the way we do with animals. Humans breed for love, and the desire of family

        4 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. .‏ @TheKirkness 25 Jan 2014
        Replying to @D4u2s0t

        @D4u2s0t @odradek1 @neiltyson generally but not always

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      5. Dust‏ @D4u2s0t 25 Jan 2014
        Replying to @TheKirkness

        @TheKirkness @odradek1 @neiltyson Agreed. There are exceptions, like most circumstances I couldn't fit it in my 1st tweet :-)

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Ron DuFresne‏ @norfud 25 Jan 2014
        Replying to @D4u2s0t

        @D4u2s0t @TheKirkness @odradek1 @neiltyson the exceptions are many thought not slight chance happenings

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. AgroBioDiverse‏ @AgroBioDiverse 2 Feb 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson @geneticmaize Yeah but it's never really been about just the name, has it?

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      3. Dr Anastasia Bodnar‏ @geneticmaize 2 Feb 2014
        Replying to @AgroBioDiverse

        @AgroBioDiverse @neiltyson Considering that there's not any meaningful diff between natural and lab gene swapping, it's really just a name.

        1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
      4. AgroBioDiverse‏ @AgroBioDiverse 2 Feb 2014
        Replying to @geneticmaize

        @geneticmaize @neiltyson The really important doubts are not the ones about process but the ones about governance, strategy, efficacy

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. AgroBioDiverse‏ @AgroBioDiverse 2 Feb 2014
        Replying to @AgroBioDiverse

        @geneticmaize @neiltyson They may or may not be valid doubts, but it needlessly belittles the doubters to say it's just about the name

        3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      6. Dr Anastasia Bodnar‏ @geneticmaize 2 Feb 2014
        Replying to @AgroBioDiverse

        @AgroBioDiverse @neiltyson To me the prob is saying that "GE" as a category caused x when GE is just a breeding tool.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Platonic Solid Snake‏ @Pliny_theElder 25 Jan 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson how many of them evolved the ability to be drenched in pesticides

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      2. Greg Massa‏ @MassaOrganics 3 Feb 2014
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson surprised 2 see that argument from you. The term GMO refers to organisms produced using recombinant DNA techniques, not breeding.

        1 reply 2 retweets 1 like
      3. Fatemeh Khatibloo. Rage-scrolling™ champion.‏ @fatemehx2 3 Feb 2014
        Replying to @MassaOrganics

        . @MassaOrganics @neiltyson To be fair, GMO is a horrible term for the problem at hand. Far better would be "commercially modified organism"

        3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Greg Massa‏ @MassaOrganics 3 Feb 2014
        Replying to @fatemehx2

        @fatemehx2 @neiltyson True. GMO is an artifact. GE is better term. I'm just tired of imprecise arguments from people who should know better.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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