Transgenic Organisms: Biological and Social ImplicationsJürgen Tomiuk, Klaus Wöhrmann, Andreas Sentker Birkhäuser Verlag, 1996 - 263 pagine This selected collection of contributions focuses on the modification of organisms through genetic manipulation. Scientists from various disciplines assess the quality of our knowledge on which risk assessment of genetechnology methods is currently based. Molecular biology and ecology, but also aspects of evolutionary and population genetics, human genetics and genetically modified food are among the topics covered. The book analyzes the impetus behind, and progress in, research methods which have been introduced into genetechnology risk assessment procedures over the last three years, and, in so doing, reveals gaps in our understanding of evolutionary processes. The history of risk assessment and ethical implications with respect to the deliberate release of GMOs are considered. Finally, the transfer of knowledge from the laboratory to the public, and the role of the media in this process are discussed. This monograph will be of great interest to all those concerned with the risk assessment of genetechnology methods. |
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The impact of transposable elements on genome evolution in animals and plants | 21 |
Evolutionary changes of the structure of mobile genetic elements in Drosophila | 37 |
Evolutionary genetic considerations on the goals and risks in releasing transgenic crops | 59 |
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Acad acid alleles antibiotic antibiotic resistance Appl Bacillus bacteria baculovirus baculoviruses beet Biol biological containment biosafety biotechnology Birkhäuser Verlag campestris cells chromosome chymosin coevolution cultivars deliberate release detection diseases Drosophila ecological ecosystems effects encoded environment environmental enzymes Escherichia coli evolution evolutionary factors field function GEMS gene expression gene technology genetic engineering genetically modified organisms genotype GMOs heterochromatic homologous horizontal gene transfer host Human Genome hybridization inactivation insertion interactions invasiveness marker mechanisms melanogaster methylation microbial Microbiol microorganisms mobile elements molecular monitoring mutations napus Natl natural oilseed rape phenotype plant breeding plasmid population potential processes production protein release of transgenic reporting resistance retrotransposons risk assessment samples scientific selection Sentker sequences soil species studies subobscura suicide system target telomeric tests tion Tomiuk traits transcription transformation transgenic crops transgenic organisms transgenic plants transposable elements transposons virus viruses Wackernagel wild relative Wöhrmann