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Should technology designed to stop growers from saving seed from industry developed, high yielding crops be adopted to protect intellectual property rights?
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Peterson, T., Bonning, B. (2010). Biotechnology: Trait Protection System. In: Comstock, G.L. (eds) Life Science Ethics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8792-8_19
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