From mrericboyd at gmail.com  Thu Feb  9 19:34:47 2017
From: mrericboyd at gmail.com (Eric Boyd)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 19:34:47 -0500
Subject: [Diybioto] arctic apples
Message-ID: <9ba316ae-d0dc-f756-624d-f17de11baedf@gmail.com>

http://www.arcticapples.com/how-did-we-make-nonbrowning-apple/

Just heard about these on CBC Spark, really looking forward to trying 
one.  Essentially they silenced the gene that makes the enzyme that 
causes apples to brown, so now the apples stay white.

Some great pictures here:
http://www.arcticapples.com/apple-recipes/arctic-apple-uses/

Gigantic dump of info here, if you're curious about the genetics of 
apples and how this was done (pg 38 has a pretty diagram of the genes 
inserted and some of the primers used in the PCR to identify their 
presences):

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/brs/aphisdocs/10_16101p.pdf

They even have actual photos of the gels :-)

Apples are so well chosen in terms of a crop for genetic engineering; 
they are already propagated commercially by grafting to maintain genetic 
lineage, so there isn't even any change in how the industry manages 
orchards... I expect we'll see a lot more GMO apples if these have any 
level of success.

Eric



From bill.jackson at utoronto.ca  Thu Feb  9 20:15:17 2017
From: bill.jackson at utoronto.ca (Bill Jackson)
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 20:15:17 -0500
Subject: [Diybioto] [hacklab-members] arctic apples
In-Reply-To: <9ba316ae-d0dc-f756-624d-f17de11baedf@gmail.com>
References: <9ba316ae-d0dc-f756-624d-f17de11baedf@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAFxEh04LjAXtmQMpN-6cc2Q2JKCeQZBTyYbp9TzDERMJyhrh+A@mail.gmail.com>

I have read about them, a good example to incrementally kill the hysteria
among those who chatter negatively about GMO foods.
They better get used to it, as it is needed to feed mankind.

Bill Jackson
416 399 4567

On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 7:34 PM, Eric Boyd via Members <members at hacklab.to>
wrote:

> http://www.arcticapples.com/how-did-we-make-nonbrowning-apple/
>
> Just heard about these on CBC Spark, really looking forward to trying
> one.  Essentially they silenced the gene that makes the enzyme that causes
> apples to brown, so now the apples stay white.
>
> Some great pictures here:
> http://www.arcticapples.com/apple-recipes/arctic-apple-uses/
>
> Gigantic dump of info here, if you're curious about the genetics of apples
> and how this was done (pg 38 has a pretty diagram of the genes inserted and
> some of the primers used in the PCR to identify their presences):
>
> https://www.aphis.usda.gov/brs/aphisdocs/10_16101p.pdf
>
> They even have actual photos of the gels :-)
>
> Apples are so well chosen in terms of a crop for genetic engineering; they
> are already propagated commercially by grafting to maintain genetic
> lineage, so there isn't even any change in how the industry manages
> orchards... I expect we'll see a lot more GMO apples if these have any
> level of success.
>
> Eric
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Members mailing list
> Members at hacklab.to
> https://lists.hacklab.to/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/members
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