Would a standard nomenclature for describing the steps in the agricultural biotechnology product development cycle enable better valuation of agbiotech products and the companies that develop them?
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McElroy, D. Valuing the product development cycle in agricultural biotechnology—what's in a name?. Nat Biotechnol 22, 817–822 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0704-817
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0704-817