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Clone on the range: What animal biotech is bringing to the table

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Biotech animals don't have the market value of biotech drugs and potential controversies loom large, but genetic screening technologies are already finding a market, and both cloned and transgenic animals may soon be on the menu. Alan Dove reports.

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  • 01 April 2005

    Nat. Biotechnol. 23, 283–285 (2005) On page 285, last column, paragraph 2, last line, the reduction in fecal phosphorus was reported as 30%. It should have read 70%.

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Dove, A. Clone on the range: What animal biotech is bringing to the table. Nat Biotechnol 23, 283–285 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0305-283

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