Abstract
Rapid action is needed to address loopholes in the international governance of self-dispersing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) purposefully released for the management of wild species and diseases.
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This work was supported by postdoctoral fellowships from the French Ministry of Research and the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (SEEU-FSE) to E.A. and research grants from Land and Water Australia to B.G. The authors acknowledge the comments from five anonymous reviewers, and from A. Angulo, J. Bárcena, C. Calvete, X. Cerdá, F. Courchamp & R. Hill. We also thank the participants on the 2004 Online Conference organized by the BCH for their valuable discussion, which has inspired this paper, especially B. Cooke and E. Murphy. We especially thank Leigh Bull for checking the English.
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Angulo, E., Gilna, B. When biotech crosses borders. Nat Biotechnol 26, 277–282 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0308-277
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