Genes in new environments: Genetics and evolution in biological control

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 889-899

  Roderick, George K ^a   Navajas, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; EVOLUTION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; HERBIVORY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; INSECT CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0242385645     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg1201     Document Type: Review

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