Author: Sue Hubbell
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Publisher: Mariner Books
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0618257489
Shrinking the Cat: Genetic Engineering Before We Knew About Genes
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. Medical books Shrinking the Cat. 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.
Some genetic engineering projects can take millennia to accomplish. In Shrinking the Cat: Genetic Engineering Before We Knew About Genes, Sue Hubbell describes how we've evolved four valuable species: corn, apples, silkworms, and domestic cats; and, along the way, furthered some less-desired species, such as apple maggots and gypsy moths. Hubbell mingles recent biological knowledge with archaeological research and glimpses into her private life (as a child, she studied a lion that was kept at a Chevrolet dealership) to produce a multifaceted and positive look at science and history Medical books Shrinking The Cat: Genetic Engineering Before We Knew About Genes, Sue Hubbell,. payment | shipping rates | returns Shrinking the Cat: Genetic Engineering Before We Knew About Genes Product Category :Books UPC :046442257480 ISBN :0618257489 Title :Shrinking the Cat: Genetic Engineering Before We Knew About Genes EAN :9780618257485 Authors :Sue Hubbell Binding :Paperback Publisher :Mariner Books Publication Date :2002-12-12 Pages :175 Signed :False First Edition :False Dust Jacket :False List Price (MSRP) :14.95 Height :0.5000 inches Width :5.1000 inches Length :7.7000 inche
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Orlando Florida USA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2001. We humans have been tinkering with genes for a long long time. In Shrinking the Cat Sue Hubbell shows how this tinkering is the definition of humanness by telling the stories of four important species we created. She tells how we made cats easier to live with by making them smaller and their brains less complicated taking out much of the alertness that natural selection had packed in. How ancient farmers turned a wild grass into corn a tremendously important crop that can't live without us. How silkworms were smuggled from China to the West
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Mariner Books 9780618257485 Shrinking the Cat: Genetic Engineering Before We Knew about Genes Description 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. *A
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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.
