Journal or Publishing Institution: Nature Reviews Genetics
Study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14526376
Author(s): Stewart Jr, C.N., Halfhill, M.D. and Warwick, S.I.
Article Type: Journal Publication
Record ID: 2215
Abstract: Transgenes engineered into annual crops could be unintentionally introduced into the genomes of their free-living wild relatives. The fear is that these transgenes might persist in the environment and have negative ecological consequences. Are some crops or transgenic traits of more concern than others? Are there natural genetic barriers to minimize gene escape? Can the genetic transformation process be exploited to produce new barriers to gene flow? Questions abound, but luckily so do answers.
Keywords: Genetically Modified Crops, Transgene, Hybridization, Beta Vulgaris, Sugar Beet, Sea Beet, Sugar, Introgression, Soybean, Millett
Citation: Stewart Jr, C.N., Halfhill, M.D. and Warwick, S.I., 2003. Genetic modification: transgene introgression from genetically modified crops to their wild relatives. Nature Reviews Genetics, 4(10), p.806.
