The fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith)) is an important harmful pest for corn crops in Colombia. Knowing its population’s fluctuation regarding genetically modified plants allows the implementation of monitoring plans and time-effective ...
Camilo Ignacio Jaramillo Barrios +2 more
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Evaluation of existing guidelines for their adequacy for the molecular characterisation and environmental risk assessment of genetically modified plants obtained through synthetic biology. [PDF]
EFSA Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) +26 more
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Who Owns Biological Diversity? A Brief Description of the Debate over the Rights to Biological Diversity in the North-South Context [PDF]
For a long time, the genetic resources and biological diversity of all types of living organisms on the Earth were considered the common heritage of all of humanity.
Baier, Alexandra, Tappeser, Beatrix
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Green biotechnology plays an important role in the modern agriculture. Recent progress in molecular biology and genetic engineering provides an opportunity of obtaining transgenic plants with improved characteristics, such as yield parameters ...
Magda Zapalska, Krzysztof Kowalczyk
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The Political Economy of the Research Exemption in American Patent Law [PDF]
This Article approaches the research exemption, and related legal developments, as a case study in the political economy of patent law. Part I recounts the history of the research exemption, touching briefly on historical origins but emphasizing ...
Short, Nicholas
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Impact of genetically modified organisms on meat quality
A unique class of gene biotechnology known as genetic modification modifies the genetic makeup of living things like microbes, plants, and animals. Several possible advantages and hazards associated with gene biotechnology. Due to increased food demands
Muntaha Ghazi Hasan
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The genetic modification of plants is now an established tool for plant breeders in many parts of the world, with the area of land used for genetically modified (GM) crop cultivation rising to 170 million hectares by 2012. This article puts genetic modification of plants into the context of scientific plant breeding, and describes the techniques that ...
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Safety assessment of biotechnology used in animal production, including genetically modified (GM) feed and GM animals - a review [PDF]
Since the beginning of the large-scale commercial cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops in the mid-nineties, it has continuously increased.
Kleter, G.A., Kok, E.J.
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Hybridization between transgenic and wild plants: environmental risk
Genetically modified products are widely commercialized in agricultural production. These include resistant plants to diseases, insects or herbicides, plants with capacity for longer storing times or better nutritional quality.
Alejandro Chaparro Giraldo
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Genetically modified plants are an alternative to oily fish for providing <i>n</i>-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in the human diet: A summary of the findings of a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council funded project. [PDF]
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