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In This Issue     Feature: Wild Genomes   Wild Genomes Genetic Modification How Does DNA Work? Another Problem: Drift Unintended Consequences   Quotes of the Week   Ethermail   The Takeout Window   Samsung Chasing Apple   Upgrades   Samsung vs. Apple Chinese Pollution: Hitting the Wall?   Upcoming SNS Events & Media Links   In Other House News…   SNS Positions Open SNS Member Houses for Rent How to Subscribe May I Share This Newsletter? About SNS About the Publisher Where’s Mark?

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» Wild Genomes

 

There are times when something critically important is being missed by not only the larger, non-specialist community involved, but even by those at the core of the conversation. I am going to focus this week’s issue on a problem of that nature.

 

I am raising this issue because it needs discussion and careful consideration by the scientific community and society at large, before this conversation becomes moot. Indeed, it already is moot with regard, for instance, to maize, corn, and derivatives, perhaps the second or third most important food crops on the planet, after rice and perhaps soy or wheat.

 

I should start by saying that I do not have any political or financial disclosures to make regarding this issue, and that my concern derives mostly from my own training as a biochemist at Stanford and UBC, and a long-term interest in genetics.

 

While we do not want to understate the importance of the species’ response to climate change, which may threaten its existence, it is hard to say that the destruction of the species genome is any less vital to our continuation.

 

Alright, now I have your attention.