Bananas in danger of extinction?
The International Network for the Improvement of Banana and Plantain say bananas are in danger of becoming extinct because they are sterile clones of "naturally mutant wild bananas discovered by early farmers as much as 10,000 years ago," and therefore highly susceptible to a couple of nasty fungal diseases. Their solution? Genetic engineering. Link DiscussShare this post
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