A framework for assessing the risk of transgenic crops

BioScience

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 512-519

  Hancock, James F ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene flow; Genetic engineering; Genetically modified crops (GMOs); Introgression; Invasiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038581573     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0512:AFFATR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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