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Retraction: GMO debate: inconclusive
Received: 13 August 2013; accepted: 13 August 2013; published online: 20 August 2013. Citation: Frontiers in Genetics Editorial Office (2013) Retraction: GMO debate: inconclusive. Front. Genet. 4:169. doi: 10.3389/fgene. 2013.00169 This article was submitted to Plant Genetics and Genomics, a section of the journal Frontiers in Genetics. Copyright © 2013 Frontiers in Genetics Editorial Office. T...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nature Biotechnology
سال: 2001
ISSN: 1087-0156,1546-1696
DOI: 10.1038/90738