Melhoramento genético de plantas!
Vamos conferir como é feito o melhoramento genético de plantas através de bombardeamento de microprojéteis e Agrobacterium tumefaciens, e alguns exemplos de plantas transgênicas comercializadas hoje em dia, como as resistentes a pragas e herbicidas.
Confira as referências utilizadas e se informe mais sobre o assunto :)
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Bespalhok Filho, J. C., Guerra, E. P., Oliveira, R. Plantas Transgênicas. http://ow.ly/TOXV2.
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