メキシコのオアハカ州にある伝統的なトウモロコシの陸地種に,トランスジェニックDNAが侵入した

D Quist1, I H Chapela

  • 1Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley 94720-3110, USA.

Nature
|December 6, 2001
PubMed
まとめ

メキシコのオアハカ州に生息するトウモロコシの原産地種で,トランスジェニックDNA構造が検出されました. この発見は,作物の遺伝的多様性と世界の食糧安全保障を保護するために,遺伝子フローの監視が極めて重要であることを強調しています.

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