[APWG] [PCA] Invading Transgenes

[Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov]

This is one reason that gene banks are important. I'm not saying it's a 
replacement for the wild species, but when you can't control the change, 
better to get a sample of what's out there before the change happens, 
right?

Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
Botanist - Division of Scientific Authority
Chair - Plant Conservation Alliance - Medicinal Plant Working Group
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resources.
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Gena Fleming <genafleming at gmail.com> 
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I think it's imperative that we recognize transgenes from transgenic 
"forest" (planation) trees and other modified plants will also inevitably 
escape and contaminate the wild.
 
Why are we reorganizing nature?  How is this passing for "science"? - Gena 
Fleming
 
 
Excerpt and link:
 
"NOW it's official: genes from genetically modified corn have escaped into 
wild varieties in rural Mexico. A new study resolves a long-running 
controversy over the spread of GM genes and suggests that detecting such 
escapes may be tougher than previously thought.
In 2001, when biologists David Quist and Ignacio Chapela reported finding 
transgenes from GM corn in traditional varieties in Oaxaca, Mexico, they 
faced a barrage of criticism over their techniques. Nature, which had 
published the research, eventually disowned their paper, while a second 
study by different researchers failed to back up their findings.
But now, Elena Alvarez-Buylla of the National Autonomous University in 
Mexico City and her team have backed Quist and Chapela's claim. They found 
transgenes in about 1 per cent of nearly 2000 samples they took from the 
region (Molecular Ecology, vol 18, p 750)."
Full article:
 
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126964.200-transgenes-found-in-wild-corn.html
 
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