Transgenes in Mexican maize: Molecular evidence and methodological considerations for GMO detection in landrace populations

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 750-761

  Pineyro Nelson A ^a   Van Heerwaarden, J ^b   Perales, H R ^c   Serratos HernAndez J A ^d   Rangel, A ^e   Hufford, M B ^f   Gepts, P ^f   Garay Arroyo, A ^a   Rivera Bustamante, R ^e   Alvarez Buylla E R ^a  

^a Laboratorio de Genética Molecular   (Mexico)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE LA CIUDAD DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Centers of origin; Landraces; Maize; Mexico; Transgene flow

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; MAIZE; MEXICO; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; MEXICO; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSGENES; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 58849155974     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03993.x     Document Type: Article

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