Introduction -- Brief History Of Genetic Improvement In Agriculture -- Artificial Selection ; Laws Of Inheritance ; Green Revolution ; Plant Breeding & Genetic Engineering ; Scale Of Transgenic Plant Releases To The Environment ; Biotechnology : Transgenic Bacteria & Fungi ; Genetic Modifications To Animals & Fish -- What Is Genetic Engineering? -- Dna ; Protein Synthesis ; Jumping Genes ; Enzymes : The Genetic Engineer's Toolkit ; Methods Of Gene Transfer To Crop Plants ; Viral Vectors & Gene Regulation ; Bacterial Vectors : The Agrobacterium Method ; Gene Guns ; Gene Silencing ; Plant Tissue Culture ; Marker Genes ; Gene Libraries -- Milking It : Increasing Yields & The Pharming Of Proteins -- Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin (rbst) ; Pharming Of Transgenic Animals ; Dolly The Sheep & Animal Cloning -- Herbicide-resistant Crops -- Advantages For Weed Control ; Achieving Herbicide Resistance ; Monsanto's Roundup Ready Tm Crops ; Environmental Considerations --^ Insect-resistant Crops & A Modified Insect Baculovirus -- Bacillus Thuringiensis Toxin ; Ciba-geigy's B.t. Maize ; Protease Inhibitors & Lectins ; Pyramiding Genes ; Benefits For Insect Control ; Resistance Management ; Baculovirus : Engineering A Quicker Kill -- Designer Food & Engineered Plants -- Modifications For Food Processing & Taste ; Oilseed Composition ; Protein Content ; Viral Resistance ; Fungal Resistance ; Nematode Resistance ; Photosynthesis & Nitrogen Fixation ; Tolerance To High Salinity & Other Poor Soil Conditions ; Tolerance To Drought Conditions ; Tolerance To Frost : Ice Minus Bacteria & Antifreeze Proteins ; Drugs & Vaccines ; Engineering Cotton : Blue Jeans & Plastic Plants -- Ecological Risks -- Risk Assessment ; Risks Posed By Transgenic Microorganisms ; Risks Posed By Virus-resistant Crops ; Risk Of Invasion & Adverse Effects On Other Organisms ; Risk Of Transgene Spread -- Risks To Human Health -- Allergens ; Antibiotic-resistant Micro-organisms --^ Some Ethical & Moral Issues -- Ethically Sensitive Genes ; Animal Welfare ; Is Dna Life? -- Lucrative Art Of Patenting -- Patenting Plants ; Species-wide Patents ; Interfirm Cooperation Agreements ; Gene-licensing Agreements ; Decline Of Independent Seed Companies ; Gatt And The Mais : Free Trade & Global Rights For Multinationals ; Intellectual Property Rights & Genetic Resources From The Third World --regulation Of Genetically Modified Organisms & Food Products -- Regulatory Framework In The Usa ; Regulatory Framework In The Uk -- Marketing Approval For Genetically Modified Food In Europe -- Decision-making In The European Community ; Monsanto's Roundup Ready Tm Soybeans ; Ciba-geigy's B.t. Maize ; New Wave Of Crops -- Consuming Question Of Labelling -- Lessons From Irradiated Foods ; Case Against Mandatory Labelling : The Food Is No Different ; Case For Mandatory Labelling : The Consumer's Right To Choose ; Europe Decides ; Negative Labelling & Organic Food --^ Impacts On The Third World -- Transgenic Crops & The World's Hungry ; Transgenic Crops : Chemical Dependency Or Sustainable Agriculture? ; Economic Impacts -- Prospects For Genetically Modified Food -- Who Benefits? ; Perceived Risks & Benefits ; Battle For Hearts & Minds. Stephen Nottingham. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [195]-202) And Index.

Stephen Nottingham

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

2ND ED., LONDON, Unknown

2nd, PS, 2003

Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-202) and index.

xxx, 212 p. ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-202) and index
Introduction -- Brief history of genetic improvement in agriculture -- Artificial selection ; Laws of inheritance ; Green Revolution ; Plant breeding & genetic engineering ; Scale of transgenic plant releases to the environment ; Biotechnology : transgenic bacteria & fungi ; Genetic modifications to animals & fish -- What is genetic engineering? -- DNA ; Protein synthesis ; Jumping genes ; Enzymes : the genetic engineer's toolkit ; Methods of gene transfer to crop plants ; Viral vectors & gene regulation ; Bacterial vectors : the Agrobacterium method ; Gene guns ; Gene silencing ; Plant tissue culture ; Marker genes ; Gene libraries -- Milking it : increasing yields & the pharming of proteins -- Recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST) ; Pharming of transgenic animals ; Dolly the sheep & animal cloning -- Herbicide-resistant crops -- Advantages for weed control ; Achieving herbicide resistance ; Monsanto's Roundup Ready TM crops ; Environmental considerations -- Insect-resistant crops & a modified insect baculovirus -- Bacillus thuringiensis toxin ; Ciba-Geigy's B.t. maize ; Protease inhibitors & lectins ; Pyramiding genes ; Benefits for insect control ; Resistance management ; Baculovirus : engineering a quicker kill -- Designer food & engineered plants -- Modifications for food processing & taste ; Oilseed composition ; Protein content ; Viral resistance ; Fungal resistance ; Nematode resistance ; Photosynthesis & nitrogen fixation ; Tolerance to high salinity & other poor soil conditions ; Tolerance to drought conditions ; Tolerance to frost : ice minus bacteria & antifreeze proteins ; Drugs & vaccines ; Engineering cotton : blue jeans & plastic plants -- Ecological risks -- Risk assessment ; Risks posed by transgenic microorganisms ; Risks posed by virus-resistant crops ; Risk of invasion & adverse effects on other organisms ; Risk of transgene spread -- Risks to human health -- Allergens ; Antibiotic-resistant micro-organisms -- Some ethical & moral issues -- Ethically sensitive genes ; Animal welfare ; Is DNA life? -- Lucrative art of patenting -- Patenting plants ; Species-wide patents ; Interfirm cooperation agreements ; Gene-licensing agreements ; Decline of independent seed companies ; GATT and the MAIs : free trade & global rights for multinationals ; Intellectual property rights & genetic resources from the Third World --Regulation of genetically modified organisms & food products -- Regulatory framework in the USA ; Regulatory framework in the UK -- Marketing approval for genetically modified food in Europe -- Decision-making in the European Community ; Monsanto's Roundup Ready TM soybeans ; Ciba-Geigy's B.t. maize ; New wave of crops -- Consuming question of labelling -- Lessons from irradiated foods ; Case against mandatory labelling : the food is no different ; Case for mandatory labelling : the consumer's right to choose ; Europe decides ; Negative labelling & organic food -- Impacts on the Third World -- Transgenic crops & the world's hungry ; Transgenic crops : chemical dependency or sustainable agriculture? ; Economic impacts -- Prospects for genetically modified food -- Who benefits? ; Perceived risks & benefits ; Battle for hearts & minds

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