Horizontal transfer of GM DNA – why is almost no one looking?

Journal or Publishing Institution: Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4176668/

Author(s): Ho, M.W.

Article Type: Journal Publication

Record ID: 1066

Abstract: A culture of denial over the horizontal spread of genetically modified nucleic acids prevails in the face of direct evidence that it has occurred widely when appropriate methods and molecular probes are used for detection.

Keywords: genetically modified (GM) crops, gene transfer, antibiotic resistance, denial

Citation: Ho, M.W., 2014. Horizontal transfer of GM DNA – why is almost no one looking? Open letter to Kaare Nielsen in his capacity as a member of the European Food Safety Authority GMO panel. Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease, 25.