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Published online 6 February 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030203-8
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Question raised over next-generation GM technology
Secreting genes in cell subcompartment no guarantee against environmental escape.
A new study could raise concerns about next-generation genetically modified (GM) crops. It suggests that genes can move from a plant cell's chloroplast - its energy factory - into its pollen grains and therefore into the environment at large.
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