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Summary
One of the major concerns about genetically modified crops is that the transgene could escape into wild plant populations, imbuing them with greater reproductive fitness and resulting in so-called "superweeds." In his Perspective, Heritage discusses new work (Burke and Rieseberg) that takes a first step toward answering the question of whether transgenes confer a reproductive fitness advantage on host plants.
