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Will hybrids of genetically modified crops invade natural communities?
1Alan Raybould and Aland Gray are at the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Furzebrook Research Station, Wareham, Dorset, UK BH20 5AS.
Trends in Ecology & Evolution
|January 18, 2011
Abstract:
A perceived danger of genetic modification of crops is that crop hybrids may not only become more-pernicious weeds of agriculture but that they may also become invasive of natural communities. New information on the extent of crop hybridization and the characteristics of modified crops is facilitating more-accurate assessments of these risks.
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