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Title: BIODIVERSITY (COMMUNICATIONS ARISING): MAIZE TRANSGENE RESULTS IN MEXICO ARE ARTEFACTS

Author
item KAPLINSKY, NICK - UCB P&MB BERKELEY
item BRAUN, DAVID - UCB P&MB BERKELEY
item LISCH, DAMON - UCB P&MB BERKELEY
item HAY, ANGELA - UCB/ARS PGEC ALBANY
item Hake, Sarah
item FREEKING, MICHAEL - UCB P&MB BERKELEY

Submitted to: Nature
Publication Type: Review Article
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/4/2002
Publication Date: 4/11/2002
Citation: Kaplinsky, N., Braun, D., Lisch, D., Hay, A., Hake, S.C., Freeking, M. 2002. Biodiversity (communications arising): maize transgene results in Mexico are artefacts. Nature 416:601-602.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: Quist and Chapela's conclusion that the transgenes they claim to have detected in native maize in Oaxaca, Mexico, are predominantly reassorted and inserted into a "diversity of genomic contexts" seems to be based on an artefact arising from the inverse polymerase chain reaction (i-PCR) they used to amplify sequences flanking 35S transgenes from cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV).