Altered genes II
Subtitle: the future?
By: edited by Richard Hindmarsh & Geoffrey Lawrence.
Contributors: Hindmarsh, R. A.; Lawrence, G. A.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Carlton North, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
Subjects: Genetic engineering -- Environmental aspects -- Australia.; Genetic engineering -- Social aspects -- Australia.; Genetic engineering -- Political aspects -- Australia.; Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Australia.
Description: Only yesterday, cloned animals sounded like the stuff of science fiction; today, cloned humans are proposed. As scientists cut and paste genes from species to species, biological frontiers are being radically redrawn. These 12 essays provide essential background to this debate.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-250) and index.
Previously published: Altered genes : reconstructing nature : the debate. St Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 1998.