Biotechnology and genetic engineering

• Tác giả: Kathy Wilson Peacock
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-10: 0816077843
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 660.6 Biotechnology
• Thông tin xuất bản: New York : Facts on File, 2010
• Mô tả vật lý: xiv, 349 p. : , ill., map ; , 24 cm.
• Bộ sưu tập: Khoa học ứng dụng
• ID: 80838
• Chủ đề: 1. Biotechnology; 2. Genetic engineering; 3. Biotechnology; 4. Genetic Engineering; 5. Organisms, Genetically Modified--genetics

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Tóm tắt

Explains why biotechnology is a relevant and volatile issue. Begins with a history of biotechnology and its effect on agriculture, medicine, and the environment. Equal space is devoted to discussing the efforts of human-rights advocates, animal-rights advocates, and environmentalists to create definitive governmental regulations for this budding industry.