| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 466 pages : illustrations (mostly color), charts, portraits ; 27 cm. |
| Series |
Principles of |
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Principles of.
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| Note |
Salem Press. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Publisher's Note -- Editor's Introduction -- Contributors -- A -- Alternative energy sources -- Animal breeding -- Animal testing -- Animals as a medical resource -- Anthrax and biological warfare -- Anthropogeomorphology -- Antibiotic-resistant bacteria -- Antibiotics as defense against biological warfar -- Archaebacteria -- Artificial intelligence -- Artificial organs -- Audio engineering -- B -- Bioassays -- Biochemical engineering -- Biodetectors -- Bioenergy technologies -- Bioengineering -- Biofertilizers -- Biofuels -- Biofuels and synthetic fuels -- Bioinformatics -- Biological terrorism -- Biological weapon identification -- Biomathematics -- Biomechanical engineering -- Biomechanics -- Biometric eye scanners -- Biometric identification systems -- Bionics and biomedical engineering -- Biopesticides and the environment -- Bioprocess engineering -- Bioremediation -- Biosensors -- Biostratigraphy -- Biosynthetics -- Biotechnology and genetic engineering -- Biotoxins -- Botany and genetic engineering -- Botulinum toxin as a biological weapon -- Bubonic plague as a biological weapon -- C -- Cell and tissue engineering -- Cloning -- Cloning of plants -- CRISPR-Cas9 -- Cryogenics -- D -- Desalination plants and technology -- Detection and prevention of food poisoning -- Diamond v. Chakrabarty -- DNA analysis -- DNA banks for endangered animals -- DNA database controversies -- DNA extraction from hair, bodily fluids, and tissues -- DNA fingerprinting as evidence -- DNA isolation methods -- DNA profiling -- DNA recognition instruments -- DNA sequencing and crime scenes -- DNA typing -- DNA: recombinant technology. |
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Dolly the sheep -- Drug testing -- E -- Engineering -- Environmental biotechnology -- Enzyme engineering -- Estrogens from plants -- F -- Fiber technologies -- G -- Genetic engineering -- Genetic resources -- Genetically engineered pharmaceuticals -- Genetically modified food production -- Genetically modified organisms -- Genetically altered bacteria -- Genomics -- H -- Human genetic engineering -- Human-computer interaction -- Hybridization (botany) -- I -- Industrial fermentation -- Intelligence -- Intensive farming -- M -- Medicinal plants -- Metabolic engineering -- Microscopy -- Mitochondrial DNA analysis and typing -- Model organisms -- Molecular systematics -- N -- Nanotechnology -- Nanotechnology and the environment -- Neural engineering -- Night vision technology -- P -- Pasteurization and irradiation -- Pathogen genomic sequencing -- Performance-enhancing drugs -- Plant biotechnology -- Plant breeding and propagation -- Plant cells: molecular level -- Plants as a medical resource -- Polymerase chain reaction -- Prokaryotes -- Proteomics and protein engineering -- R -- Radiocarbon dating -- Refuse-derived fuel -- Renewable and nonrenewable resources -- Reproductive science and engineering -- S -- Scanning probe microscopy -- Science of cloning -- Seed banks -- Stem cell research and technology -- Synthetic fuels -- T -- Tularemia as a bioweapon -- Z -- Zygomycetes. |
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Important Figures in Biotechnology -- David Baltimore -- Francoise Barre-Sinoussi -- Paul Berg -- J. Michael Bishop -- Herbert Wayne Boyer -- Erwin Chargaff -- Stanley Cohen -- Francis S. Collins -- Carl F. Cori -- Erasistratus -- Alexander Fleming -- Camillo Golgi -- Carol W.Greider -- Alfred D. Hershey -- Edward B. Lewis -- Konrad Lorenz -- Barbara McClintock -- Christiane Nusslein-Volhard -- Frederick Sanger -- Hans Spemann -- Jack W. Szostak -- J. Craig Venter -- James D. Watson -- Edmund Beecher Wilson -- Norton David Zinder -- Appendixes -- Time Line of Inventions and Scientific Advancements in Biotechnology -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Subject Index. |
| Summary |
Provides students and researchers with an introduction to the fundamentals of biotechnology. |
| Audience |
10-A. |
| Subject |
Biotechnology.
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Biotechnology.
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| Added Author |
Crawford, Christina A., 1983- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781682176788 |
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1682176789 |
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