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Biotechnology and genetic engineering /

Explains why biotechnology is a relevant and volatile issues. Begins with a history of biotechnology and its effect on agriculture, medicine, and the environment. Equal space is devoted to discussing the efforts of human-rights advocates, animal-rights advocates, and environmentalists to create defi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peacock, Kathy Wilson
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Facts on File, [2010]
Series:Global issues (Facts on File, Inc.)
Subjects:
Biotechnology > Popular works.
Genetic engineering > Popular works.
Biotechnology.
Genetic Engineering.
Organisms, Genetically Modified > genetics.
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Summary:Explains why biotechnology is a relevant and volatile issues. Begins with a history of biotechnology and its effect on agriculture, medicine, and the environment. Equal space is devoted to discussing the efforts of human-rights advocates, animal-rights advocates, and environmentalists to create definitive governmental regulations for this budding industry.
Physical Description:xiv, 349 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780816077847 (alk. paper)
0816077843 (alk. paper)