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Breeding is included in the genetic engineering definition?



I said bioengineering, not genetic engineering. Selective breeding would count, but with wheat crossing traits is done (and has been for over a century) in a hand-process of mixing pollen for 10-12 generations - it's not just selective evolutionary pressures. Furthermore, wheat has been subject to a lot of alternative methods of genomic modification, like exposure to gamma rays to induce mutations.




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