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Figure 1: Current numbers and estimations of future numbers of GM crops worldwide.

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Stein, A., Rodríguez-Cerezo, E. International trade and the global pipeline of new GM crops. Nat Biotechnol 28, 23–25 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0110-23b

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