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Do genetically modified crops affect animal reproduction? A review of the ongoing debate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 January 2011

W. Zhang  and
F. Shi
W. Zhang
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Weigang 1, Nanjing 210095, People's Republic of China
F. Shi*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Animal Reproduction, College of Animal Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Weigang 1, Nanjing 210095, People's Republic of China
*
†E-mail: fxshi@njau.edu.cn
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Abstract

In the past few years, genetically modified (GM) crops aimed at producing food/feed that became part of the regular agriculture in many areas of the world. However, we are uncertain whether GM food and feed can exert potential adverse effects on humans or animals. Of importance, the reproductive toxicology of GM crops has been studied using a number of methods, and by feeding GM crops to a number species of animals to ensure the safety assessment of GM food and feed. It appears that there are no adverse effects of GM crops on many species of animals in acute and short-term feeding studies, but serious debates of effects of long-term and multigenerational feeding studies remain. The aims of this review are to focus on the latest (last 3 to 4 years) findings and debates on reproduction of male and female animals after feeding daily diets containing the GM crops, and to present the possible mechanism(s) to explain their influences.

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genetically modified cropreproductive toxicityexogenous protein and DNAanti-nutrient compound
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animal , Volume 5 , Issue 7 , 31 May 2011 , pp. 1048 - 1059
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Copyright © The Animal Consortium 2011

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