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Published online 21 August 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/050815-13
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Replacement found for bacterial DNA in transgenic crops
Possible spread of antibiotic resistance to gut bacteria squelched by using weed genes.
Scientists may have developed a potentially less controversial way to bioengineer plants, by replacing a marker gene normally borrowed from bacteria with a gene from weeds. The new technique could make genetically modified crops less contentious in places such as Europe, the team says.
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