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Review
. 2003 Oct;4(10):806-17.
doi: 10.1038/nrg1179.

Transgene introgression from genetically modified crops to their wild relatives

C Neal Stewart Jr  1 , Matthew D Halfhill, Suzanne I Warwick
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Transgene introgression from genetically modified crops to their wild relatives

C Neal Stewart Jr et al. Nat Rev Genet. 2003 Oct.

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  • Nat Rev Genet. 2004 Apr;5(4):310

Abstract

Transgenes engineered into annual crops could be unintentionally introduced into the genomes of their free-living wild relatives. The fear is that these transgenes might persist in the environment and have negative ecological consequences. Are some crops or transgenic traits of more concern than others? Are there natural genetic barriers to minimize gene escape? Can the genetic transformation process be exploited to produce new barriers to gene flow? Questions abound, but luckily so do answers.

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