A comparative analysis of insertional effects in genetically engineered plants: considerations for pre-market assessments

Transgenic Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-17

  Schnell, Jaimie ^a   Steele, Marina ^a   Bean, Jordan ^b   Neuspiel, Margaret ^a   Girard, Cécile ^a   Dormann, Nataliya ^a   Pearson, Cindy ^a   Savoie, Annie ^a   Bourbonnière, Luc ^b   Macdonald, Philip ^a  

^a CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conventional breeding; Genetic engineering; Insertional effects; Novel trait; Pre market assessment; Unintended trait

Indexed keywords

TRANSPOSON;

BREEDING; CYTOPLASM; DNA END JOINING REPAIR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; PLANT GENOME; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPOSON;

BREEDING; CYTOPLASM; DNA END-JOINING REPAIR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME, PLANT; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 84922081320     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: 15739368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-014-9843-7     Document Type: Review

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