Gene flow of transgenic seed-expressed traits: Biosafety considerations

Plant Science

Volumn 179, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 630-634

  Gressel, Jonathan ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biosafety; Gene flow; Transgene mitigation; Transgenic pharmaceuticals

Indexed keywords

JATROPHA;

EID: 78049311698     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2010.02.012     Document Type: Review

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