Navigating the agricultural biotech minefield: When an MIT study is not an MIT study | Genetic Literacy Project

The Genetic literacy project continues to publish well-informed, science-based articles about plant genetics and farming. Here ist he latest: Navigating the agricultural biotech minefield: When an MIT study is not an MIT study | Genetic Literacy Project.

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