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The renegade Legions and Chapters maintain the process of gene-seed implantation and harvesting, allowing new recruits to be turned into Marines. The specifics of the renegade Marines' methods are unclear, but it is known that [[Fabius Bile]] provides recruits for some traitors in return for slaves and other resources.{{Cite This}}
Nearly all of the Traitor Legions' gene-seed suffers from some kind of instability, though it is debated in the Imperium whether this is caused by some inherent "rot" that was present before the [[Horus Heresy]], or simply the result of constant exposure to the [[warp]] inside the [[Eye of Terror]]. Whatever the cause, this instability hampers the [[Chaos Space Marines]]' ability to create new Marines.{{Cite This}} For this reason, the Traitor Legions will sometimes raid the strongholds of [[Imperial]] Chapters to steal stable gene-seed, which is a prized resource within the Eye.{{Fn|7}}
==Primaris Marines==