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Mexican Maize Not Under Threat; Biologically Diverse Gene Flow Is Natural And Expected, Not "Contamination"
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TUSKEGEE, Ala., March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The AgBioWorld
Foundation announced today that nearly one hundred prominent
scientists have signed a petition calling for greater scrutiny of a
report claiming that genes from genetically modified corn have spread
into corn landraces in southern Mexico (see http://
www.agbioworld.org/jointstatement.html).
The original research, conducted by University of California at
Berkeley ecologists and published in the journal Nature, used
sophisticated techniques that are highly prone to error. Three groups
of university-based scientists, working ...
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