Abstract
According to Regal (1993), there are three arguments that genetic engineering differs from traditional breeding methods in its potential to alter plants:
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Phylogenetic leapfrogging is a true ecological novelty. New attribute qualities can be introduced into organisms.
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The genetic modification can be carried out without traditional debilitating trade-offs. Instead of substitutional changes of alleles in traditional techniques, gene technology is able to add radical adaptive improvements.
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Gene technology offers access to the non-Mendelian portions of the genome. The basic genetic command system, which may be hidden for altering in conventional manipulations, is now open for reprogramming.
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Bartsch, D. et al. (1996). How Will Transgenic Sugar Beets Behave in Natural Plant Communities. In: Schmidt, E.R., Hankeln, T. (eds) Transgenic Organisms and Biosafety. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61460-6_30
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