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bioengineering

  • In 1995, the patents’ length of time was extended, so that now breeders can collect royalties on a plant for 20 years.
  • Bees, butterflies, moths, and other insects used to be the only creatures who transferred pollen from flower to flower. Nowadays, it is often a person with a fine brush.