Copyright Date:
2015
Edition Date:
2015
Release Date:
08/11/15
Pages:
xv, 326 pages
ISBN:
1-610-69693-X
ISBN 13:
978-1-610-69693-7
Dewey:
571.8
LCCN:
2015015707
Dimensions:
24 cm.
Language:
English
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ALA Booklist
(Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 CST 2015)
This work clarifies the technology and purpose of replicating and modifying biota. The reference source guides the reader and researcher in making informed evaluations of a controversial resetting of nature's patterns. A five-page chronology covers four decades of adaptive procedures that began with fish and advanced to the rescue of the endangered gaur and ibex, neither of which survived infancy. Chapter 3 answers some of the questions that students ponder, particularly the revival of mammoths and dinosaurs, a fantasy topic in sci-fi. There is also information on the more practical uses of biotechnology, such as studying the synthesis of honeybees, creating palliative drugs from yeast, and using tissue for liver transplants. The concluding sections on data and documents precede a detailed time line from 1770 to 2015, identifying research projects by scientists worldwide. A five-page glossary covers standard terms as well as more complex concepts (e.g., totipotent, chimera, plasmid). Primary and secondary indexing itemizes concepts, scientists, and laws, including the National Research Act of 1974 and the European Union Policy on Cloning of Animals for Food Supply. A valuable reference tool for public, high-school, and community-college libraries, Newton's work offers a starting point for understanding a potentially earth-changing process.
Bibliography Index/Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book provides a detailed introduction to the cloning of both plants and animals and discusses the important social, ethical, political, technical, and other issues related to the practice. The history of cloning experiments dates back more than a century, but advances in technology in recent decades have multiplied the potential applications of cloning--and expanded the controversies surrounding these possibilities. Cloning: A Reference Handbook provides an accessible description of the development of plant and animal cloning from the early stages of human civilization to the present day and coherently covers the science and technology involved. It reviews the essential controversies that have arisen about cloning--particularly applications involving human DNA--as researchers have advanced and extended the tools for cloning organisms. Additionally, the book discusses public opinion about cloning and the legislative and administration actions that have been taken with regard to the practice. This single-volume work provides a broad treatment of the subject, going back further in history than is the case with most texts, covering plant cloning and providing a thorough overview of the nature of animal cloning and related issues. Examples of the topics covered include the natural "cloning" processes of regeneration in plants and animals; crucial research breakthroughs on animal cloning by Robert Briggs and Thomas King, John Gurdon, Gail Martin, James Till and Earnest McCulloch, and others; and the laws that regulate which types of cloning are allowed and prohibited in the United States and in other countries.
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