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  1. postgraduate student in biotechnology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

    Stuart Smyth

  2. professor and head, Department of Applied Microbiology and Food Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

    George G. Khachatourians

  3. professor of agriculture economics and National Science and Engineering Research Council/Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council chair in managing knowledge-based agri-food development, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

    Peter W.B. Phillips

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Smyth, S., Khachatourians, G. & Phillips, P. Liabilities and economics of transgenic crops. Nat Biotechnol 20, 537–541 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0602-537

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