Jim Webster wrote:

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99.999999% similarity might mean the differencen between a disesase
resistant
wheat and one that is a total failure.
I think you should go back and study your genetics and pland breeding.

you were the one who appeared surprised to find "the GM scenario would have
a large number of crop varieties or even a large number of crops with
several genes in common. "

Jim Webster

yes but these are new genes, recent introductions. No test of time you see.