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What is the history of GMOs, and how does it relate to selective breeding/domestication that we've been doing for thousands of years?

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In selective breeding, the individuals have to be from the same species. In GMO the scientists create new combinations of genes. In selective breeding, genes combine on their own. The first GMO was produced in 1973.

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