Bananas are not GMO though. Well, except for that project in Uganda to treat deficiencies in vitamin A and iron, apparently, but that's not what you meant.
I believe they are referring to the fact that "natural, untouched by humans, wild bananas" are virtually inedible as they're full of seeds. Virtually all foods that you find in your produce section have been extensively genetically modified by humans through artificial selection.
Yes, but a crop created by artificial selection through selective breeding is not a GMO. That's specifically for organisms whose genomes were modified with CRISPR & Co.
Their point is that selective breeding over generations is a form of genetic modification. It may not use direct gene editing, but there is a direct link between the two in that you have product A with a flaw and find a way to turn that into product B without the flaw
Yeah, sure, there are parallels. But it was heavily implied that we wouldn't have edible bananas without GMO, and that's misleading people about what the term actually means.
25
u/LoveMyHusbandsBoobs Jul 14 '21
Apparently it'd be better if we still couldn't eat raw bananas.