Genetic Engineering

A Primer

Walter E. Hill (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

276 Seiten

2019
CRC Press (Verlag)
978-0-367-45490-6 (ISBN)

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Genetic Engineering: A Primer presents the growing field of biotechnology to non-science majors and other general interest readers. The author examines the natural forces that change genetic information and the ways in which scientists have learned to engineer these genetic changes. With a wealth of information flooding the popular press, including news and controversy surrounding cloning, Genetic Engineering is a timely volume that provides background information to the reader intent on understanding this fascinating development.

Hill, Walter E.

Building Blocks of Living Things. Matter and Living Things. Proteins. Nucleic Acid. How Living Things are Changed. Making and Altering Proteins. Altering Genetic Material in Bacteria. Genetically Engineering Bacteria. Viruses. Making Genetic Changes in Plants and Animals. Placing New Genes in Mammalian Cells. Genetic Engineering of Plants. Embryo Transfers and Cloning of Animals. How Genetic Engineering Helps Us. Gene Therapy and Disease. Other Applications for Gene Therapy. Biotechnology, Safety, and the Future. Glossary. Appendix.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.12.2019
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	0-367-45490-4 / 0367454904
ISBN-13	978-0-367-45490-6 / 9780367454906
Zustand	Neuware