In a creative attempt to get some GM crops into commercialization 'through the backdoor', several research groups are lately promoting the concept of cisgenesis as an alternative to transgenesis 2.

that downplay certain differences between cisgenesis and traditional breeding and exaggerate certain similarities between cisgenic and transgenic plants to place the former in a positive light ...

Specifically exempted from the long-standing GMO rules, which have severely limited development of genetically engineered plants, would be plants created with cisgenesis and targeted mutagenesis ...

He also added that cisgenesis and genome editing give the possibility to do it without changing identity and oenological profile. Using the next-gen biotech to protect typical varieties is a ...