Genetic Patterns (VIDEO)

University of British Columbia

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Patenting marine genetic resources: who owns ocean biodiversity? A single company has registered half of all existing patents associated with genes from marine species, with companies, universities, government bodies, individuals, and hospitals located in only 10 countries accounted for 98 percent of the patents.

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Stockholm Resilience Centre

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