Measuring gene flow from two birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) field trials using transgenes as tracer markers

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1681-1685

  De Marchis, Francesca ^a   Bellucci, Michele ^a   Arcioni, Sergio ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asparagine synthetase A; Gene flow; L. pedunculatus; L. tenuis; Risk assessment; Transgenic Lotus corniculatus

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GLUCURONIDASE; ITALY; LOTUS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLLEN; TRANSGENES;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LOTUS; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; LOTUS PEDUNCULATUS; LOTUS TENUIS; ORNITHOPUS PERPUSILLUS; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0037702899     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01845.x     Document Type: Article

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