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How do you think round-up ready plants avoid being killed by glyphosate?

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Roundup-ready crops have been genetically engineered to contain a modified version of the EPSP synthase gene (from a bacterium). Glyphosate doesn't target this modified gene, so glyphosate applications do not kill Roundup Ready plants. Roundup sprayed directly on the crop will kill all weeds and not harm the crop.

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