Fitness and beyond: Preparing for the arrival of GM crops with ecologically important novel characters

Environmental Biosafety Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-14

  Wilkinson, Mike ^a   Tepfer, Mark ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental risk assessment; Fitness; Fitness parameters; GM crops; Invasiveness; Weediness

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CROP; DECISION MAKING; GENE FLOW; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; GENETICS; HUMAN; POLLEN; POPULATION DENSITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DECISION MAKING; FOOD, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GENE FLOW; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; POLLEN; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSGENES;

EID: 67650337129     PISSN: 16357922     EISSN: 16357930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/ebr/2009003     Document Type: Review

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