Screen LibraryStrange natures : conservation in the era of synthetic biology /
"The tools of synthetic biology have the power to reshape living organisms in unprecedented ways. Gene editing tools are already transforming the agriculture and biotechnology industries. Should they also be used in conservation to preserve rare species, control invasive ones, and reverse extin...
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Yale University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New Haven : |
| Publication Dates: | [2021] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"The tools of synthetic biology have the power to reshape living organisms in unprecedented ways. Gene editing tools are already transforming the agriculture and biotechnology industries. Should they also be used in conservation to preserve rare species, control invasive ones, and reverse extinction? Conservation scientist Kent Redford and geographer Bill Adams turn to synthetic biology, ecological restoration, political ecology, and de-extinction studies to answer that question and provide a much-needed vision for protecting nature"--Publisher's description. |
| Carrier Form: | xiv, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9780300230970 0300230974 |
| Index Number: | QH75 |
| CLC: | Q16 |
| Call Number: | Q16/R315 |
| Contents: | The place of nature -- The problem of nature -- Nature's diversity -- Conserving the genetic pieces -- Rewiring nature -- Synthesizing the world -- Genetic technologies in conservation -- Nature's future -- Conserving strange natures -- Appendix: scientific names of species. |