Transgenic Organisms: Biological and Social Implications

ISBN-13: 9783764352622 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 270 str.

J. Tomiuk; K. Wc6hrmann; A. Sentker

Opis

Focuses on the modification of organisms through genetic manipulation. This work covers topics including molecular biology and ecology, aspects of evolutionary and population genetics, human genetics and genetically modified food. It considers the history of risk assessment and ethical implications with respect to the deliberate release of GMOs.

Spis treści

Prologue.- Inactivation of gene expression in transgenic plants.- The impact of transposable elements on genome evolution in animals and plants.- Evolutionary changes of the structure of mobile genetic elements in Drosophila.- Mechanisms and consequences of horizontal gene transfer in natural bacterial populations.- Evolutionary genetic considerations on the goals and risks in releasing transgenic crops.- Transmission of insect transposons into baculovirus genomes: An unusual host-pathogen interaction.- Influence of transgenes on coevolutionary processes.- The two strategies of biological containment of genetically engineered bacteria.- Monitoring genetically modified organisms and their recombinant DNA in soil environments.- Recent advances in ecological biosafety research on the risks of transgenic plants: A trans-continental perspective.- Modern versus classical plant breeding methods — efficient synergism or competitive antagonism?.- Genetically modified food and its safety assessment.- Genetic intervention in human beings.- History of and progress in risk assessment.- Transgenic organisms and evolution: Ethical implications.- Genetic engineering and the press — Public opinion versus published opinion.- Epilogue.