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Nature 396, 108 (12 November 1998) | doi:10.1038/24028
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- The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research
- Copenhagen 2200 Denmark
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No rustling at Roslin
Grahame Bulfield1
- Roslin Institute, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9PS, UK
Vandana Shiva has not only accused us in press reports and on her website of "stealing" and "patenting" the Indian Vechur breed of cattle but she says we are aiming at "total patriarchal control over reproduction" (Nature 394, 821; 1998)For the record, we at the Roslin Institute have never had any Vechur 'germplasm' (semen or embryos or even DNA), we have never worked on this breed or requested it, we have not applied for any patents relating to it, and none of our patents refers to Indian cattle breeds (this information is in the public domain and can be checked). I doubt anyway if a naturally occurring breed can be patented.
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