Genetically engineered organisms : assessing environmental and human health effects /: assessing environmental and human health effects. (©2002)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Deborah K. Letourneau, Beth Elpern Burrows.
• Other Names: Letourneau, Deborah Kay; Burrows, Beth Elpern
• Contents: Variability and uncertainty in crop-to-wild hybridization / Terrie Klinger -- Factors affecting the spread of resistant Arabidopsis thaliana populations / Joy Bergelson and Colin B. Purrington -- Bt-crops : evaluating benefits under cultivation and risks from escaped transgenes in the wild / Deborah K. Letourneau, Joy A. Hagen, and Gaden S. Robinson -- Resisting resistance to Bt-corn / David A. Andow -- Ecological risks of transgenic virus-resistant crops / Alison G. Power -- Impacts of genetically engineered crops on non-target herbivores : Bt-corn and monarch butterflies as a case study / John E. Losey, John J. Obrycki, and Ruth A. Hufbauer -- Transgenic host plant resistance and non-target effects / Angelika Hilbeck -- Release, persistence, and biological activity in soil of insectidal proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis / Guenther Stotzky -- Survival, persistence, transfer : the fate of genetically modified microorganisms and recombinant DNA in different environments / Beatrix Tappeser, Manuela Jäger, and Claudia Eckelkamp -- The spread of genetic constructs in natural insect populations / Henk R. Braig and Guiyun Yan -- Ecological and community considerations in engineering arthropods to suppress vector-borne disease / Andrew Spielman, John C. Beier, and Anthony E. Kiszewski -- Environmental risks of genetically engineered vaccines / Terje Traavik -- Methods to assess ecological risks of transgenic fish releases / William M. Muir and Richard D. Howard -- Controversies in designing useful ecological assessments of genetically engineered organisms / Anne R. Kapuscinski.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2002
• Copyright Date: 2002
• Extent: 1 online resource (438 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 306.4/6; Transgenic organisms -- Risk assessment; Organisms, Genetically Modified -- abnormalities; Environmental Health; Genetic Engineering -- adverse effects; Risk Assessment; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture; Transgenic organisms -- Risk assessment; Genetische manipulatie; Organismen; Milieueffecten; Gezondheidseffecten; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1420042033; 9781420042030
• Related ISBNs: 9780849304392; 0849304393
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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