Research Catalog

Title

Transgenic organisms : biological and social implications / edited by J. Tomiuk, K. Wöhrmann, A. Sentker.

Publication

Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser Verlag, [1996], ©1996.

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Additional Authors

• Tomiuk, J. (Jürgen)
• Wöhrmann, K. (Klaus), 1928-
• Sentker, A. (Andreas)

Description

vi, 263 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

• 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.

Series Statement

Advances in life sciences

Uniform Title

Advances in life sciences.

Subject

• Transgenic organisms > Risk assessment

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Prologue / K. Wohrmann, J. Tomiuk and A. Sentker -- Inactivation of gene expression in transgenic plants / P. Meyer -- The impact of transposable elements on genome evolution in animals and plants / W. J. Miller, L. Kruckenhauser and W. Pinsker -- Evolutionary changes of the structure of mobile genetic elements in Drosophila / L. Bachmann -- Mechanisms and consequences of horizontal gene transfer in natural bacterial populations / M. G. Lorenz and W. Wackernagel -- Evolutionary genetic considerations on the goals and risks in releasing transgenic crops / K. D. Adam and W. H. Kohler -- Transmission of insect transposons into baculovirus genomes: An unusual host-pathogen interaction / J. A. Jehle -- Influence of transgenes on coevolutionary processes / P. W. Braun -- The two strategies of biological containment of genetically engineered bacteria / T. Schweder -- Monitoring genetically modified organisms and their recombinant DNA in soil environments / K. Smalla and J. D. van Elsas --
• Recent advances in ecological biosafety research on the risks of transgenic plants: A trans-continental perspective / I. M. Parker and D. Bartsch -- Modern versus classical plant breeding methods - efficient synergism or competitive antagonism? / W. Friedt and F. Ordon -- Genetically modified food and its safety assessment / M. Teuber -- Genetic intervention in human beings / M. Leipoldt -- History of and progress in risk assessment / J. Tomiuk and A. Sentker -- Transgenic organisms and evolution: Ethical implications / T. Potthast -- Genetic engineering and the press - Public opinion versus published opinion / A. Sentker -- Epilogue / K. Wohrmann, A. Sentker and J. Tomiuk.

ISBN

• 3764352620 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 0817652620 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

96006480

OCLC

• 34281486
• ocm34281486

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries