A scientist knew of a species of Arctic flounder that was resistant to freezing in cold temperatures. He wanted his tomatoes to resist cold temperatures so they wouldn’t die in frost. The scientist didn’t have to wait for the unlikely event of the fish mating with the tomato. Instead, he figured out which gene in the fish keeps it from freezing and then inserted that gene into the tomato’s DNA. The anti-freeze gene has never ever, ever existed before in a tomato. But now it’s in the scientist’s tomatoes and all their future offspring.

Jeffrey M. Smith,

Seeds of Deception