Shrinking the Cat: Genetic Engineering Before We Knew About Genes
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ISBN: 0618257489 / Publisher: Mariner Books, December 2002
The author of Waiting for Aphrodite explains how humankind has been tinkering with genes for years before recent developments in genetic engineering, focusing on four key species created by humans--the domestic cat, corn, silkworms, and the apple. Reprint.
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In this timely and controversial work, Sue Hubbell contends that the concept of genetic engineering is anything but new, for humans have been tinkering with genetics for centuries. Focusing on four specific examples ' corn, silkworms, domestic cats, and apples ' she traces the histories of species that have been fundamentally altered over the centuries by the whims and needs of people.
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