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Old 01-07-2003, 07:20 AM
 
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Default Glow in the dark plants?

There's another thread about selling glowing fish that have been
genetically altered with Cnidarian genes.

Well being a "plant" list.......
There are "glowing" plants as well, they have been around a long time.
A number of algae possess biolumenscese. They have a classic fire fly
tobacco GM mix in many text.

Now, would this be "Better" for some folks with ethical issues with
gene jockying?

Why are hybrids such as many Echinodorus species, Crypt species etc
okay but parrot fish are not?:-)

Is tying Riccia to a rock hurting it? :-)

Folks are very quick to humanize a critter, but plants? It's about
respecting life. Where do you draw the line of imposing on another
lifeform or establishing some sort of human value system on nature?

Is a weed any worst than a pest, be it vermin or bug?
Is killing algae "bad"?

Bioethics has many questions folks can wrestle with, many of them
difficult to answer.

How do we view plants vs critters?

Regards,
Tom Barr