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Alleged flaws in gene-transfer paper spark row over genetically modified maize

Declan Butler

A political row has erupted over a scientific paper by authors who claim to have found transgenic DNA from genetically modified (GM) maize in local varieties of the crop in Mexico.Calls from environmental groups to halt the planting of transgenic crops in Mexico and elsewhere followed hot on the heels of the paper's publication in Nature last November (Nature 414, 541–543; 2001).