>Craig: one source that might be able to clarify these issues is the
>RAFI homepage (Rural Advancement Foundation International, I think it
>stands for). This is run by Pat Mooney out of Winnipeg, and I
>believe this is the group that coined the terms "terminator" and
>"traitor".
>
>I do not doubt that the range of applications you mention is
>realistic, and that others can be envisioned.
>
>What I am increasingly aware of, however, is that "no gene is an
>island", and that the perception of genes as discrete entities is
>really a misnomer. Genes act in concert with other genes, and more
>than that, the physical placement of genes within and among
>chromosomes moderates expression of the individual genes. Mae Wan
>Ho's book on Genetic Engineering: Dream or Nightmare, covers this
>authoritatively and readably.
>
>So, whether inserting a wholly novel gene or simply enhancing or
>silencing existing genes, the fundamental issues of gene-to-gene
>interaction (to say nothing of gene x environment interactions)
>remain the same. Ann
>ACLARK@plant.uoguelph.ca
>Dr. E. Ann Clark
>Associate Professor
>Crop Science
>University of Guelph
>Guelph, ON N1G 2W1
>Phone: 519-824-4120 Ext. 2508
>FAX: 519 763-8933
>http://www.oac.uoguelph.ca/www/CRSC/faculty/eac.htm
>
>To Unsubscribe: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command
>"unsubscribe sanet-mg". If you receive the digest format, use the command
>"unsubscribe sanet-mg-digest".
>To Subscribe to Digest: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command
>"subscribe sanet-mg-digest".
>
>All messages to sanet-mg are archived at:
>http://www.sare.org/htdocs/hypermail
To Unsubscribe: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command
"unsubscribe sanet-mg". If you receive the digest format, use the command
"unsubscribe sanet-mg-digest".
To Subscribe to Digest: Email majordomo@ces.ncsu.edu with the command
"subscribe sanet-mg-digest".
All messages to sanet-mg are archived at:
http://www.sare.org/htdocs/hypermail