Science, regulation, and precedent for genetically modified insects

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mumford, John D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAYMAN ISLANDS; DENGUE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; INSECT; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; POLLINATOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIENCE; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; UNITED STATES; WOLBACHIA; ANIMAL; GENETICS; NOTE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; INSECTS;

EID: 84856568746     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001504     Document Type: Article

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