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Biotechnology and Food: 10,000 Years of Sowing Seeds, 100 Years of Harvesting Genes

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Biotechnology and Food: 10,000 Years of Sowing Seeds, 100 Years of Harvesting Genes

There are two great success stories of biological technologies in the twentieth century: the taming of infectious disease by antibiotics and vaccines, and the harnessing of genetic improvement in crops, epitomized by the Green Revolution.

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