tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305615929862656835.post9045393574050563810..comments2024-02-15T01:28:11.203-08:00Comments on The Udder Side: Mutant Corn and The X-CowsRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05132197906419108349noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305615929862656835.post-85503875732287763072013-08-13T04:42:50.700-07:002013-08-13T04:42:50.700-07:00First off I would like to commend you on making th...First off I would like to commend you on making the geekiest comment anyone has every made on this blog and award you the Gold Star of the day. I also want to throw down the gauntlet to anyone who thinks they can make a geekier comment.<br /><br />Now for my quotes: Billy Joel "You may be right, I may be crazy." And to paraphrase Dr. Leonard McCoy (as opposed to Hank McCoy, aka The Beast), "Darn it, man! I'm a secret agent cow, not a scientist."<br /><br />You citation alludes to soybeans which I didn't talk about at all. Not saying it is wrong, but you're going way over the top on this. My understanding is that RR corn is made by adding a gene from a petunia that produces large amounts of EPSP synthase. This gene then produces so much EPSP synthase that it literally overwhelms the EPSP inhibition caused by the RR application. <br /><br />But if you really wanted to point out the gaping flaw in this post you would have reminded me that generally speaking the X-men is a team made up of people that were born with a mutation, not mutated later life. So, had I been right, I would be more like someone bitten by a radioactive spider, exposed to gamma radiation, or in keeping with your name someone that was affected by cosmic rays from space.<br /><br />The bigger point is that the corn is safe, and even more so, that I love it being made into corn silage! Delicious! <br /><br />-Agent 279 <br />Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05132197906419108349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305615929862656835.post-72834848423140853232013-08-12T14:23:36.206-07:002013-08-12T14:23:36.206-07:00«Here is an example that probably everyone can und...«Here is an example that probably everyone can understand – the gene that gets inserted into Roundup Ready plants is a petunia gene, because they are naturally resistant to Roundup.»<br /><br />That would not seem to be correct. A simple Wikipedia chack should tell you the real story:<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetically_modified_crops#Glyphosate_resistance<br /><br />«Some micro-organisms have a version of EPSPS that is resistant to glyphosate inhibition. One of these was isolated from an Agrobacterium strain CP4 (CP4 EPSPS) that was resistant to glyphosate. This CP4 EPSPS gene was cloned and transfected into soybeans. The CP4 EPSPS gene was engineered for plant expression by fusing the 5' end of the gene to a chloroplast transit peptide derived from the petunia EPSPS. This transit peptide was used because it had shown previously an ability to deliver bacterial EPSPS to the chloroplasts of other plants.»<br /><br />So the transgenic protein is actually a fusion peptide but the part of the peptide which provides the enzymatic activity, which provides the glyphosate resistance by means of not being inhibited by glyphosate, comes from an <i>Agrobacterium</i> strain.cosmicaughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06590208806454056248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305615929862656835.post-64392014118668986402013-08-12T09:35:08.573-07:002013-08-12T09:35:08.573-07:00He grows what is commonly called "field corn&...He grows what is commonly called "field corn" for us. It will be chopped up and blown into an upright silo where it ferments into a tasty delicacy! I'm told that field corn doesn't taste very good at all to people. <br /><br />The Farmer, oh the poor farmer, was sad indeed when the wind and rain blew down the sweet corn he planted for himself in his garden. It was Golden Queen and had only begun to have ears. Looks like he'll be joining you at the grocery store or farmer's market for his corn.<br /><br />-Agent 279Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05132197906419108349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3305615929862656835.post-36486320735966296072013-08-12T08:34:11.869-07:002013-08-12T08:34:11.869-07:00Sharknado wasn't real?!?!?!?!?!?
I already th...Sharknado wasn't real?!?!?!?!?!?<br /><br />I already think you are a superhero cow! <br /><br />So what type of corn is the farmer growing? Is it the type I would find in a grocery store, or are you ladies going to consume it all?Tammyhttp://www.grownupnowwhat.comnoreply@blogger.com