Comments on the paper "A statistical assessment of differences and equivalences between genetically modified and reference plant varieties" by van der Voet et al. 2011

BMC Biotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ward, Keith J ^a   Nemeth, Margaret A ^b   Brownie, Cavell ^c   Hong, Bonnie ^d   Herman, Rod A ^e   Oberdoerfer, Regina ^f  

^a JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^c Pioneer Hi Bred International Inc ^*  (United States)

^d PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^e DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

^f BAYER CROPSCIENCE AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS;

EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITIES; FIT FOR PURPOSE; GENETICALLY MODIFIED; NATURAL VARIATION; REGULATORY SUBMISSIONS; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; STATISTICAL ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL METHODOLOGIES;

GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS;

DNA MODIFICATION; FOOD SAFETY; GENOTYPE; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSGENIC CROP; VARIETAS;

EID: 84860161027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6750-12-13     Document Type: Letter

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