Assessing Ecological Risks of Biotechnology
Published in January 1991
Book
Hardback
432 pages
978-0-409-90199-3 (ISBN)
Description
Analyses of ecological risk assessment for biotechnology as viewed predominantly by scientists doing research in this area. The emphasis is on ecological risks associated with the release of genetically-engineered organisms in the environment.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
50 line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
700 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-409-90199-3 (9780409901993)
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Lev R. Ginzburg
Assessing Ecological Risks of Biotechnology
E-Book
10/2013
Butterworth-Heinemann
€54.95
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Content
Keystone species and community effects of biological introductions; planned introductions in biological control; surface transport of micro-organisms; soil and groundwater transport of micro-organisms; aerial transport of bacteria; physiochemical and biological factors affect the transfer of genetic information among micro-organisms; genetic exchange and genetic stability in bacterial populations; models for the population dynamics of transposable elements in bacteria; fitness and gene stability; quantitative approaches to questions about the spread of recombinant genes or recombinant organisms.