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[VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>]

Question,
Do you think that cloning is a bigger threat to
genetic diversity than the current system of selective
breeding and planting of hybrids?  
It seems to me that genetic diversity has been in
jeopardy for a long time.
Van Dell


--- Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com> wrote:

> > The more
> > cloned animals that are raised, if this becomes
> truly economically
> > viable, the less genetic diversity there will be.
> Genetic diversity,
> > in my opinion anyway, is part of our food
> security.
> 
> Absolutely. This is one reason I support
> open-pollinated seed  
> sources. There is, I believe, a government seed bank
> in Colorado. But  
> who wants to rely on the government to take care of
> serious issues  
> like food?
> 
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