Shrinking the cat
Subtitle: genetic engineering before we knew about genes
By: Sue Hubbell ; with illustrations by Liddy Hubbell
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9780618040278
Subjects: Fokken; Breeding; Genetic engineering; Veredeling; Genetische manipulatie
Description: Early examples of tinkering with genes are explored, such as brreding smaller and tamer cats, turning wild grass into corn, breeding silkworms dependent on people, and making apples prettier but tasteless.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-169) and index.
Table of contents: title: Of Humanity, Tazzie the Good Dog, and Corn; title: Of Multicaulismania, Silkworms, and the World's First Superhighway; title: Of Lions, Cats, Shrinkage, and Rats; title: Of Apples in Heaven's Mountains and in Cow Pastures.