The potential effects of transgenic corn on the native species of this key crop have been a long-running debate in Mexico. [...] ”This issue was considered of great potential environmental importance, given that Mexico is a center of origin and diversity for maize and that maize is so intrinsically linked to Mexican culture, especially that of Mexican indigenous groups,” says a study by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) of North America, entitled ”The Effects of Transgenic Maize in Mexico.”