Evolving Tomorrow: Genetic Engineering and the Evolutionary Future of the Anthropocene - Hardcover

Cutter, Asher D.

 
9780198874522: Evolving Tomorrow: Genetic Engineering and the Evolutionary Future of the Anthropocene
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0198874529 ISBN 13: 9780198874522
Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

The Anthropocene defines the here-and-now time period on Earth of indelible (and possibly irreversible) human disturbance to the natural world, from habitat destruction and mass extinction to global climate change. To ameliorate and repair the damage that threatens the world's dwindling resources and our very existence, humanity is enacting massive interventions to fuse modern technologies with long established natural processes. Advances in genetic engineering have put us on the cusp of directly shaping the DNA of every living organism (including ourselves), as well as determining the evolution of completely novel species. The author invites the reader to explore how humans have manipulated the ancient forces of evolution and the future possibilities of genetic engineering for conservation and rewilding, de-extinction, and even the creation of viable populations of entirely new species. To entertain such possibilities of synthetic biology, he forces us to wrestle with the threats and ethical conundrums that surround the unintended consequences, as well as the values that humanity places on authenticity in nature. In so doing, this accessible and thought-provoking book explores the potential future of life on planet Earth.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Asher D. Cutter, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Canada

Asher D. Cutter is a Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto, Canada. A former Fulbright Scholar, Cutter trained at Tufts University, USA, James Cook University, Australia, the University of Arizona, USA, and the University of Edinburgh, UK. He authored the textbook A Primer of Molecular Population Genetics (2019) as well as nearly 100 scientific articles on the topics of genome evolution, population genetics, speciation, and the biology of Caenorhabditis nematode roundworms.

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Verlag
Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0198874529
ISBN 13 
9780198874522
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
295
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