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Sweet Potato Naturally 'Genetically Modified' | Food Manufacturing

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Posted in April
by GHENT UNIVERSITY

Sweet potatoes from all over the world naturally contain genes from the bacterium Agrobacterium. Researchers from UGent and the International Potato Institute publish this discovery in PNAS. Sweet potato is one of the most important food crops for human consumption in the world. Because of the presence of this 'foreign' DNA, sweet potato can be seen as a 'natural GMO.'

http://www.foodmanufacturing.com/news/2015/04/sweet-potato-naturally-genetically-modified
 

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