Every orchid or rose . . . is the work of a dedicated and skilled breeder. . . . Now imagine what will happen when the tools of genetic engineering become accessible to these people. There will be do-it-yourself kits for gardeners who will use genetic engineering to breed new varieties of roses and orchids. Also kits for lovers of pigeons and parrots and lizards and snakes to breed new varieties of pets. Breeders of dogs and cats will have their kits too. Domesticated biotechnology, once it gets into the hands of housewives and children, will give us an explosion of diversity of new living creatures.

— Freeman Dyson, “Our Biotech Future,” The New York Review of Books每一朵兰花或玫瑰。这是一个专注而熟练的繁育者的工作。现在想象一下，当这些人可以使用基因工程工具时会发生什么。园丁们将使用基因工程培育新品种的玫瑰和兰花，届时将有自己动手的工具包。还为鸽子、鹦鹉、蜥蜴和蛇的爱好者提供了培育新品种宠物的工具。猫狗的饲养者也会有他们的装备。驯化的生物技术一旦进入家庭主妇和孩子的手中，将给我们带来新生物多样性的爆炸。