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Scant evidence supports EPA's pyramided Bt corn refuge size of 5%

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Alyokhin, A. Scant evidence supports EPA's pyramided Bt corn refuge size of 5%. Nat Biotechnol 29, 577–578 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.1911

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