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"Mutation Advances Set to Flip Biotech Crop Debate" [1]

A new method of manipulating the genetic code of agricultural plants, known as targeted mutation, uses only genes that already exist in the plant. It may upend the debate over "genetic engineering."

Paul Voosen reports for Greenwire November 16, 2010. [2]

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Biodiversity [4]
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Public [6]
Source: Greenwire [2], 11/17/2010
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/mutation-advances-set-flip-biotech-crop-debate [2] http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/11/16/16greenwire-mutation-advances-set-to-flip-biotech-crop-deb-78201.html [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/biodiversity-1 [5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81