The Gene Hunters : : Biotechnology and the Scramble for Seeds / / Calestous Juma.
The world is on the verge of receiving new life forms that will profoundly and irrevocably change the global economy: the "gene hunters" who first cloned the gene in 1973 are now not only modifying existing species but also creating new plants and animals. Ready or not for such awesome pow...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1989 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Glossary
- Introduction
- 1. Genetic Resources and Socio-economic Evolution
- 2. Explorations in Historical Botany
- 3. Genetic Resources and World Agriculture
- 4. Branching Points in Biotechnology
- 5. Life as Intellectual Property
- 6. Germplasm and Kenya's Agriculture: A Case Study
- 7. The Way Ahead: Policy Options for Africa
- Appendix: Institutions Conserving Genetic Resources
- Bibliography
- Index