Agricultural practices routinely create opportunities for crops to hybridize with wild relatives, leading to crop gene introgression into wild genomes. Conservationists typically worry this introgression could lead to genetic homogenization of wild populations, over and above the central concern of transgene escape. Alternatively, viewing introgression as analogous to species invasion, we suggest that increased genetic diversity may likewise be an undesirable outcome.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/ecological-approach-measuring-evolutionary-consequences-gene-flow-crops-wild-or
[2] http://www.bioone.org/doi/10.3732/apps.1500114
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/lesley-g-campbell
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/david-lee
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/kruti-shukla-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/applications-plant-sciences
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/crops
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/plant-breeding
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/crop-biodiversity
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gmos
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/europe
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/invasive-alien-species
