Dr. Allison Snow
Professor of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology
College of Biological Sciences

Some people say that altering the DNA of certain plants leads to bigger, better crops, which in turn can help feed the world's rapidly growing population.

Others warn that scientists simply don't know enough about what effects genetically modified -- or transgenic -- plants can have on the environment, human health or a country's economy.

Allison Snow, a professor of evolution, ecology and organismal biology, will spend the next three years working with researchers from the International Rice Research Institute in the Philippines, the Mekong Delta Rice Research Institute in Vietnam and the University of Liverpool, England, in hopes of drawing conclusions about the potential risks posed by transgenic plants. The U.S. Agency for International Development awarded Snow and her colleagues $400,000 to study the growth and behavior of genetically modified rice crops in Vietnam.

(story by Holly Wagner, Ohio State Research Communications,
excerpted from onCampus, vol. 31, no. 17)

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