Considerable Concern Has Been Voiced Over Engineering Crop Plants with Certain

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Essay

Considerable concern has been voiced over engineering crop plants with certain kinds of traits, notably the expression of pesticide genes and herbicide resistance, for fear that such traits may find their way into natural plant populations, including weeds. How might this be prevented?

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