不幸的是，由于种子条约，各国对待本国的基因资源越来越像狗对待骨头：即使在本国科学家和植物育种人员之间也不许分享，而过去十二年来绝大多数国际基因资源交换一直处于停滞状态。
Unfortunately, as a result of the Seed Treaty, countries increasingly treat their genetic resources like a dog treats a bone: no sharing allowed, even among their own scientists and plant breeders, while most international exchanges of genetic resources have been shut down over the last 12 years.