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Regional Development: Finding the substance behind the smoke: Who is using biotechnology?

Nature Biotechnology volume 16, pages 596–597 (1998)Cite this article

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  3. A small percentage of the respondent firms (6.2%) had sales in 1996 below $5 million

  4. These eight technologies are: recombinant DNA, gene probes, DNA amplification, tissue culture, somatic embryogenesis, classical and traditional breeding, bioprocessing (fermentation and recovery), and biosensing.

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    Antoine Rose

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Arunde, A., Rose, A. Regional Development: Finding the substance behind the smoke: Who is using biotechnology?. Nat Biotechnol 16, 596–597 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0798-596

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