Gene flow from genetically modified rice to its wild relatives: Assessing potential ecological consequences

Biotechnology Advances

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1083-1091

  Lu, Bao Rong ^a   Yang, Chao ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental biosafety; Fitness; Introgression; Oryza; Outcrossing; Transgenic rice; Wild rice

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL BIOSAFETY; FITNESS; INTROGRESSION; ORYZA; OUTCROSSING; TRANSGENIC RICE; WILD RICE;

GENES; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HEALTH; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ECOLOGY;

BIOSAFETY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FITNESS; GENE FLOW; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; GENOME; OUTCROSSING; POLLEN; RICE; WILD POPULATION;

ECOLOGY; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; REVIEW; RICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ECOLOGY; GENE FLOW; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSGENES;

ORYZA; ZIZANIA;

EID: 70349758280     PISSN: 07349750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2009.05.018     Document Type: Review

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