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Mendel in the kitchen : a scientist's view of genetically modified foods

Title: Mendel in the kitchen : a scientist's view of genetically modified foods / Nina V. Fedoroff and Nancy Marie Brown.
Author: Fedoroff, Nina V. (Nina Vsevolod), 1942-
Publication: Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, ©2004.

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Additional Authors

Brown, Nancy Marie.

Description

xiii, 370 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"While European restaurants race to footnote menus, reassuring concerned gourmands that no genetically modified ingredients were used in the preparation of their food, starving populations around the world eagerly await the next harvest of scientifically improved crops. Mendel in the Kitchen provides a clear and balanced picture of this tangled, tricky (and very timely) topic "--HTML title screen

Subject

Genre/Form

Electronic books.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

System Details (note)

System requirements: Internet access, World Wide Web browser; authoritative form is in Portable Document Format.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Contents

Against the ways of nature -- The wild and the sown -- The power in the earth -- Genes and species -- Tinkering with evolution -- Making a chimera -- The product or the process -- Is it safe to eat? -- Poisoned rats or poisoned wells -- The butterfly and the corn borer -- Pollen has always flown -- The organic rule -- Sustaining agriculture -- Sharing the fruits -- Food for thought.

ISBN

0309092051
9780309092050
030909738X
9780309097383

LCCN

2004014040

OCLC

ocm55800762
55800762
SCSB-9329215

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library