Genetic engineering in agriculture and the environment

BioScience

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 665-673

  Paoletti, Maurizio G ^a   Pimentel, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 0029963525     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1312896     Document Type: Article

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