&gt; The next genetic leaps in the next century are going to be stratospheric.<p>Agreed. I&#x27;m afraid your assumption may be completely true. The sad thing is that such a rapid market capture will preclude verification of cross-generational effects of our modifications. And we don&#x27;t have a good track record for getting things right on the first try.<p>As a hypothetical example, how many generations do you think it will take to recognize if one particular gene splicing will make interbreeding between spliced vs non-spliced offspring impossible?