Evolved to overcome Bt-toxin resistance

Daniel Dovrat and Amir Aharoni ()
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Daniel Dovrat: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva 84105, Israel.
Amir Aharoni: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva 84105, Israel.

Nature, 2016, vol. 533, issue 7601, 39-40

Abstract: Insects readily evolve resistance to insecticidal proteins that are introduced into genetically modified crop plants. Continuous directed evolution has now been used to engineer a toxin that overcomes insect resistance. See Article p.58

Date: 2016
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