The Green Phoenix: A History of Genetically Modified Plants - Softcover

Lurquin, Paul F.

 
9780231122634: The Green Phoenix: A History of Genetically Modified Plants
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0231122632 ISBN 13: 9780231122634
Verlag: Columbia University Press, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

Providing the first account of the story behind genetically engineered plants, Paul F. Lurquin covers the controversial birth of the field, its sudden death, phoenixlike reemergence, and ultimate triumph as not only a legitimate field of science but a new tool of multinational corporate interests. In addition, Lurquin looks ahead to the potential impact this revolutionary technology will have on human welfare.

As Lurquin shows, it was the intense competition between international labs that resulted in the creation of the first transgenic plants. Two very different approaches to plant genetic engineering came to fruition at practically the same time, and Lurquin's account demonstrates how cross-fertilization between the two areas was critical to success. The scientists concerned were trying to tackle some very basic scientific problems and did not foresee the way that corporations would apply their methodology. With detailed accounts of the work of individual scientists and teams all over the world, Lurquin pieces together a remarkable account.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Paul F. Lurquin is Professor of Genetics at Washington State University, School of Molecular Biosciences, and former Chair (1991-1999) of the Department of Genetics and Cell Biology.

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Providing the first account of the story behind genetically engineered plants, Paul F. Lurquin covers the controversial birth of the field, its sudden death, phoenixlike reemergence, and ultimate triumph as not only a legitimate field of science but a new tool of multinational corporate interests. In addition, Lurquin looks ahead to the potential impact this revolutionary technology will have on human welfare.

As Lurquin shows, it was the intense competition between international labs that resulted in the creation of the first transgenic plants. Two very different approaches to plant genetic engineering came to fruition at practically the same time, and Lurquin's account demonstrates how cross-fertilization between the two areas was critical to success. The scientists concerned were trying to tackle some very basic scientific problems and did not foresee the way that corporations would apply their methodology. With detailed accounts of the work of individual scientists and teams all over the world, Lurquin pieces together a remarkable account.

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Verlag
Columbia University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2001
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0231122632
ISBN 13 
9780231122634
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Anzahl der Seiten
186
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