Critics of this work say that modern genetic engineering is not an extension of the "traditional" methods of breeding.

BBC: The power of genes

In other words, recombinant DNA techniques were viewed as an extension, or refinement, of long-used and familiar methods for making drugs.

FORBES: When Genetic Engineering Came Of Age

Babatunde Osotimehin: One good example of that is Ethiopia, where about 38, 000 health extension workers are leading the effort to bring long-acting modern family planning methods closer to communities, especially to isolated and rural ones.

FORBES: UN Population Fund Executive Director on HIV/AIDS, Maternal Health, and Leadership