GM plants: Concepts and issues

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-12

  Marchant, Robert ^a   Marchant, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic engineering; Genetic modification; Herbicide resistance; Transgene; Transgenic plant

Indexed keywords

GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

GENETIC ENGINEERING; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 0033369884     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.1999.9655676     Document Type: Review

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