The proposal of the EU Commission should be rejected unless it undergoes major revision and amendments. If the proposal is fundamentally revised and amended, the following points should be implemented: 1. Category 1 of the proposal should be deleted;2. Category 2 should be amended and applied to all domesticated NGT plants that cannot persist, spread weiterlesen

Recent publications show that the application of gene scissors in plants is associated with a much higher risk of in-depth genomic disturbances than previously thought. Large areas of the genome can be involved. Chromothripsis-like effects play a decisive role in this context. Chromothripsis refers to a phenomenon in which several hundred genetic changes can occur weiterlesen