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The Recombinant DNA Controversy: Twenty Years Later

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Berg, P., Singer, M. The Recombinant DNA Controversy: Twenty Years Later. Nat Biotechnol 13, 1132–1134 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1095-1132

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