Dangerous Liaisons? When Cultivated Plants Mate with Their Wild Relatives |
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| Author:
| Ellstrand, Norman Carl |
| Series title: | Syntheses in Ecology and Evolution Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8018-7405-5 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2003 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $65.00 |
Book Description:
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With the advent of genetic engineering, ''designer'' crops might interbreed with natural populations. Could such romances lead to the evolution of ''superweeds'', as some have suggested? But haven't crops had sex with wild plants in the past? Has such gene swapping occurred without consequences? And if consequences have indeed occurred, what ......
With the advent of genetic engineering, ''designer'' crops might interbreed with natural populations. Could such romances lead to the evolution of ''superweeds'', as some have suggested? But haven't crops had sex with wild plants in the past? Has such gene swapping occurred without consequences? And if consequences have indeed occurred, what ......