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Biotechnology
Study findings on biotechnology are outlined in reports from Department of Agriculture
May 16th, 2009
According to a study from the United States, "The agricultural biotechnology industry routinely utilizes real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) for the detection of biotechnology-derived traits in plant material, particularly for meeting the requirements of legislative mandates that rely upon the trace detection of DNA. Quantification via real-time RT-qPCR in plant species involves the measurement of the copy number of a taxon-specific, endogenous control gene exposed to the same manipulations as the target gene prior to amplification." "The International Organization for Standardization (ISO 21570:2005) specifies that the copy number of an endogenous reference gene be...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-05-16)
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