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Biologists argue for guiding conservation with a local touch to tackle the effects of climate change

Biologists argue for guiding conservation with a local touch to tackle the effects of climate change

Mariah Meek of Michigan State University is studying the genetics that control brook trout tolerance to heat stress. Credit: Michigan State University As nature heads into a warmer, drier and more challenging future, new conservation tools – seed banks and frozen zoos, gene editing and assisted gene flow – hold promise for helping animal and …

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The long-term ecological and environmental effects of herbicide-tolerant crops have not been considered

We are writing to express our concern over the recent recommendation for approval for the environmental release of genetically modified mustard (“DMH-11 hybrid”) in India. The recommendation was made by the Genetic Engineering Assessment Committee (GEAC). Our concern is based on several aspects of the release proposal. First, the potentially adverse long-term ecological and economic …

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