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[–] LoftyGoat 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I'm not real sure why anyone is surprised about the Roundup-resistant weeds.

Plant genes which are incorporated into bacterial plasmids are taken up by other plants. It's one of the means by which plants evolve. This isn't news; people have known about it for many decades.

Moreover, as soon as they genetically modified crops to resist glyphosate, biologists said: "You want Roundup-resistant weeds? Because this is how you get Roundup-resistant weeds."

About the only thing they got wrong is that it didn't take as long as predicted.