I still remember the day I opened my Scholastic News magazine in the third grade and saw a picture of a glowing bunny rabbit. The rabbit had been given the firefly gene for florescence, and it looked like something out of a cartoon. Our teacher introduced us to the concept of genetic engineering. We learned it was possible to take the trait of one living thing, and introduce it to a whole different species. Genetic engineering sounded like magic, and the possibilities seemed endless.
Nowadays, the process doesn't seem quite as glittery. I think humans may be getting in a little too deep with the trait swapping game.
How can we know if swapping frost-fighting skills between the genetic make-ups of fish and tomatoes is really a good idea? How much control is too much?
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