Red Canary (e-bog) af Tim Birkhead, Birkhead

Red Canary e-bog

108,68 DKK (inkl. moms 135,85 DKK)
The creation of Dolly the sheep in the 1990s was for many people the start of a new era: the age of genetically modified animals. However, the idea was not new for in the 1920s an amateur scientist, Hans Duncker, decided to genetically engineer a red canary. Though his experiments failed, they paved the way for others to succeed when it was recognised that the canary needed to be both a product...
E-bog 108,68 DKK
Forfattere Tim Birkhead, Birkhead (forfatter)
Udgivet 30 januar 2014
Længde 320 sider
Genrer Popular science
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781408849439
The creation of Dolly the sheep in the 1990s was for many people the start of a new era: the age of genetically modified animals. However, the idea was not new for in the 1920s an amateur scientist, Hans Duncker, decided to genetically engineer a red canary. Though his experiments failed, they paved the way for others to succeed when it was recognised that the canary needed to be both a product of nature and nurture. This highly original narrative, of huge contemporary relevance, reveals how the obsession with turning the wild canary from green to red heralded the exciting but controversial developments in genetic manipulation.