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Hi Dale, I think that we should make it clear that the plants double fertilization has an important impact. In plants the pollen fertilizes both the egg cell and the endosperm nucleus to produce a triploid. In corn and many other grains the endosperm makes up a major part of the final crop. So unlike the embryo whose _expression_ is delayed to the next planting the endosperm expresses the transgene in the the immediate generation fertilized by 5 plants in each 1000 plants produced. Those 5 transgenic plants may fertilize as many as 100 or more of the individual cobs on plants in their immediate vicinity or for that mater a higher number. This spread of transgenes is independent of selection and effects the corn crop in the generation of the planting. Even more impact may be seen in wheat. The five transgenic corn plants in a thousand can and probably does cause an unacceptable pollution of the harvested crop. However, the bureaucrats can fall back on the "official" notion that regulations of their making cannot allow endosperm to be polluted by transgenes from pollen. The bureaucrats and Dale never seem to worry about such things as double fertilization and nature.. Sincerely, Joe Dale Wilson wrote: Joe and wytze, wytze wrote:   ***************************************************** To unsubscribe from SANET-MG: 1- Visit http://lists.sare.org/archives/sanet-mg.html
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