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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2008, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (12): 111-113.

Special Issue: 生物技术 玉米

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Gene Flow of Bar Transgenic Maize(Zea Mays L.)

Di Hong, Liu Zhaojun   

  • Received:2008-10-17 Revised:2008-10-29 Online:2008-12-05 Published:2008-12-05

Abstract: The potential ecological environmental risks caused by gene flowing from the transgenic plant has attracted wide attention. A transgenic maize variety M2 carrying the Bar gene was planted to study the gene flow. The result showed that the frequency of transgene flow decreased with increase of the distance. Highest frequency of the gene flowing was 41.51%. A 160 m distance for separation was essential for preventing gene flow.