Designer biology : the ethics of intensively engineering biological and ecological systems /

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Imprint:Lanham : Lexington Books, 2013.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11404192
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Other authors / contributors:Sandler, Ronald L.
Basl, John.
ISBN:9780739178225
0739178229
9780739178218
0739178210
9780739184875
0739184873
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Designer Biology: The Ethics of Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems consists of thirteen chapters (twelve of them original to the collection) that address the ethical issues raised by technological intervention and design across a broad range of biological and ecological systems. Among the technologies addressed are geoengineering, human enhancement, sex selection, genetic modification, and synthetic biology.
Other form:Print version: Designer biology. Lanham : Lexington Books, 2013 9780739178218