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Figure 1: Summary of amino acid levels in conventional and GM corn from a total of eight growing seasons.
Figure 2: Hierarchical cluster analysis and principal component analysis of compositional data generated on the harvested seed of insect-protected MON 87701 and glyphosate-tolerant MON 89788 soybean grown in the northern and southern regions of Brazil during the 2007–2008 season.

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Harrigan, G., Lundry, D., Drury, S. et al. Natural variation in crop composition and the impact of transgenesis. Nat Biotechnol 28, 402–404 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0510-402

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