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Swiss 'dignity' law is threat to plant biology

Nature volume 452, page 919 (2008)Cite this article

Government ethics-committee guidelines could halt techniques such as hybridization of roses.

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Abbott, A. Swiss 'dignity' law is threat to plant biology. Nature 452, 919 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/452919a

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