I seem to remember Steve from S.O.L getting excited about this over on the C. World forums probably a little over 10 years ago. If I remember correctly, he had a friend with the right skills working with him on it and was talking it up as being the next big thing to shock the seed industry. As time went on it became apparent that it wasn't going to eventuate, presumably it was a little more difficult than it first seemed.
Chimera associated with Steve around that time I think so it could have even been him that was working on it. Maybe he can shed some light when he drops in next.