GMO w perspektywie ewolucji

• Authors: Ewa Bartnik

Title variants

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GMO in the light of evolution

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

Genetically modified organisms are perceived by many as unnatural man-made creations, which are an inappropriate intervention into the natural order. In this paper I try to show that had genes not jumped and recombined, we would not be here.

• Journal: Kosmos
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 56
• Issue: 3-4
• Pages: 217-219

Dates

published

2007

Contributors

author

Ewa Bartnik

• Instytut Genetyki i Biotechnologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, Instytut Biochemii i Biofizyki PAN, Pawińskiego 5a, 02-106 Warszawa, Polska

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