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Cross-fertilization—the process by which different strains of a crop combine to produce a new organism containing genetic material from both parent strains??€”can only occur with whole grains. Crushing the kernel of a grain, known as milling, prevents it from reproducing and thus transmitting its genetic material to a daughter organism. Milling GM crops thus eliminates the danger of cross-fertilization and strain contamination by making it impossible for the crops to transmit their altered genes by reproduction...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Hunger Wars, not Trade Wars | 10/2/2002 | See Source »

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