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There is a concern that genes may flow from genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to sexually compatible relatives (vertical gene flow) and to totally unrelated species and families of organisms (horizontal gene flow). This concern is based on an entirely erroneous feeling that cloned genes are intrinsically more likely to be involved in horizontal gene flow that other genes in chromosomes.
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Beringer, J.E. (2003). Horizontal gene flow. In: Ammann, K., Jacot, Y., Braun, R. (eds) Methods for Risk Assessment of Transgenic Plants. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8033-6_2
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