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Fei Xie
University Wire
04-20-2005
(The California Aggie) (U-WIRE) DAVIS, Calif. -- Heated discussion filled a University of California at Davis lecture hall Friday as specialists debated critical issues regarding the impacts of genetic modification, in the first installment of a series on genetic engineering in agriculture.

The goal of the discussion is to "educate ourselves and promote dialog about genetic engineering," said event organizer Lori Stone.

Genetic engineering is the isolation, manipulation and reintroduction of DNA into an organism to introduce new beneficial characteristics. The most common genetically modified organism in agriculture is the Bt potato.

Bt is short for Bacillus ...

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