<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I have read about them, a good example to incrementally kill the hysteria among those who chatter negatively about GMO foods.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">They better get used to it, as it is needed to feed mankind.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Bill Jackson<br>416 399 4567</div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 7:34 PM, Eric Boyd via Members <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:members@hacklab.to" target="_blank">members@hacklab.to</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><a href="http://www.arcticapples.com/how-did-we-make-nonbrowning-apple/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.arcticapples.com/ho<wbr>w-did-we-make-nonbrowning-appl<wbr>e/</a><br>
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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.<br>
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Some great pictures here:<br>
<a href="http://www.arcticapples.com/apple-recipes/arctic-apple-uses/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.arcticapples.com/ap<wbr>ple-recipes/arctic-apple-uses/</a><br>
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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):<br>
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<a href="https://www.aphis.usda.gov/brs/aphisdocs/10_16101p.pdf" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.aphis.usda.gov/brs<wbr>/aphisdocs/10_16101p.pdf</a><br>
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They even have actual photos of the gels :-)<br>
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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.<br>
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Eric<br>
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