DAnnisms

Yes, We Have No Bananas

May 10, 2008 8:53 am Ann Uncategorized

Even though bananas come from an asexual plant, it doesn’t mean they’re not sexy.  I mean, look at them.  Peel back the skin and taste the sweetness with your tongue.

I started hearing all these rumblings about how we’ve been cloning bananas for so many years that one day they were just going to run out, and then we’d all be screwed.  I’d hate to be my sister, who can’t even stand the smell of a banana, because my comfort and satisfaction seems to revolve around whether we have this sweet and slender fruit in the house. 

Anyway, I had to find out what it was all about. A 2001 article from the National Geographic talks about this wretched fungus attacking banana crops and how scientists were working on this five-year banana genome project so they could create fungus resistant bananas. Well, since then they succeeded with the first plague and are busy working on the next big fungus.

Meanwhile, you’ve got debates about the evils of genetic manipulation, big business, politics, world hunger, murder and espionage, all around this sexy little fruit.  All I have to say, is that if bananas can’t have sex the natural way and take advantage of all that Darwin’s natural selection process has to offer, then what’s wrong with a little manual manipulation?