The Hope, Hype & Reality of Genetic Engineering: Remarkable Stories from Agriculture, Industry, Medicine, and the EnvironmentOxford University Press, 2004 - 242 páginas If you want to know more about the transgenic items on your dinner table, how barnyard animals are being cloned for pharmaceuticals and foods, how wild creatures from mosquitoes to endangered species are being genetically modified, or what genetic engineering holds for the future of medicine and the human species, you need to read this book."--Jacket. |
Índice
1 A Tale of Good and a Tale of Evil | 3 |
2 Framework of an Unfolding Revolution | 9 |
3 Engineering Microbes | 16 |
4 Getting Creative with Crops | 30 |
5 Genetic Engineering in the Barnyard | 77 |
6 Fields Forests and Streams | 103 |
7 Genetic Tinkering with Humans | 148 |
Epilogue | 175 |
Tools and Workshops of Genetic Engineering | 179 |
Glossary | 201 |
References and Further Reading | 211 |
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The Hope, Hype, and Reality of Genetic Engineering: Remarkable Stories from ... John C. Avise Vista previa restringida - 2004 |
The Hope, Hype, and Reality of Genetic Engineering: Remarkable Stories from ... John C. Avise Vista previa restringida - 2004 |
The Hope, Hype, and Reality of Genetic Engineering: Remarkable Stories from ... John C. Avise Vista previa restringida - 2004 |
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