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I like to use this analogy because I think a lot of people who are not geneticists, not scientists, like to have some sort of metaphor that shows them what's going on.  And so the analogy I use is  this:  I've got a car, it's got a GPS system in it and I've got another one that has no GPS system in it.  How do I move the GPS system from one car to another?  If I were a traditional breeder, I would take the two cars apart, mix all the parts together, make two cars that way and then pick the one that had the GPS system.  But I think you all know, as well as I do, the sensible way to do this is to take the GPS system, unplug it and put it in the car where you want it to go.  That is, the GMO method.  That is the way that modern agricultural scientists, agricultural breeders, this is the way that we make new plants.