Biotechnology and genetic engineering /

Biotechnology and genetic engineering /

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Author / Creator:	Peacock, Kathy Wilson.
Imprint:	New York : Facts on File, c2010.
Description:	xiv, 349 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Global issues Global issues (Facts on File, Inc.)
Subject:	Biotechnology -- Popular works. Genetic engineering -- Popular works. Biotechnology. Genetic Engineering. Organisms, Genetically Modified -- genetics. Biotechnology. Genetic engineering. Popular works.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8270714

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ISBN:	9780816077847 (alk. paper) 0816077843 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.

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