Transgenic or Not? No Simple Answer! New Biotechnology-based Plant Breeding Techniques and the Regulatory Landscape

Overview

Journal EMBO Rep

Specialty Molecular Biology

Date 2012 Nov 17

PMID 23154464

Citations 21

Authors

Nancy Podevin

Yann Devos

Howard Vivian Davies

Kaare Magne Nielsen

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