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DNA Transfer in Conifers

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Clonal Forestry I

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Within the past two decades, it has become possible to isolate, identify, and manipulate specific genes to modify the inherited characteristics of a wide Variety of plants and animals. This technology has been widely applied to biomedical sciences and agriculture. It is now apparent that this technology can also be applied to forest trees.

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  1. Department of Forestry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-8008, USA

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  1. Institute of Forest Genetics, Federal Research Center for Forestry and Forest Products, Sieker Landstrasse 2, W-2070, Grosshansdorf, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Mulkh-Raj Ahuja

  2. Department of Forestry and Resource Management, University of California, Mulford Hall, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    William J. Libby

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Sederoff, R.R., Stomp, A.M. (1993). DNA Transfer in Conifers. In: Ahuja, MR., Libby, W.J. (eds) Clonal Forestry I. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84175-0_15

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