Please let the orange be an orange, and the banana be a banana. Changing these will be against nature's tune and may lead to unnatural consequences. As Pankaj said the genetic modifications are already in practice in order to make a particular variety to be resistant to a particular disease or to have a particular nutrient in it or to produce a particular flowers and so on. Imagine if you have all ten fingers in equal length...
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 6:41 AM, Pankaj Kumar <sahanipan...@gmail.com>wrote: > There are many things that can be done. But are indians ready to handle it? > Lets say Lemon doesnt have Vitamin K so we induce a Vitamin K > producing gene from Guava to Lemon!! but again the question is But are > indians ready to handle it? > Pankaj > > > On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 7:02 PM, ankush prakash > <ankushpraka...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thank you Pankaj sir ....I think understanding genes is one of the very > > difficult and interesting efforts in this field... > > But suppose if we identify the genes responsible for the shape and size > of a > > particular fruit,say an orange, and we make some changes in the > sequences,so > > that the next progeny produce oranges of different shape,say like > > banana,.......could this be possible? > > > > -- > ********************************************************************** > "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Conservation Officer > > Office: > Orchid Conservation Section > Flora Conservation Department > Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation > Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > Residence: > 36c, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun > Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. > > email: pku...@kbfg.org > sahanipan...@gmail.com > pankajsah...@rediffmail.com > Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:30pm) > +852 9436 6251 (mobile) >
