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1Mycogen Corporation, 5451 Oberlin Dr., San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
Trends in Ecology & Evolution
|January 14, 2011
Abstract:
The techniques of genetic engineering are many and its potential vast. However, applications requiring the release of recombinant DNA-containing organisms have been limited in scope. This article reviews the recent and already controversial history of this new foray into the use of modern biotechnology, focusing on current projects in the United States which are now in the initial testing stages for commercial development.
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