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Transgenic Organisms

Biological and Social Implications

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Editors:
  1. J. Tomiuk

    1. Lehrstuhl für Populationsgenetik, Biologisches Institut, Tübingen, Germany

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  2. K. Wöhrmann

    1. Lehrstuhl für Populationsgenetik, Biologisches Institut, Tübingen, Germany

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  3. A. Sentker

    1. Tübingen, Germany

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-VII
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  2. Prologue

    • K. Wöhrmann, J. Tomiuk, A. Sentker
    Pages 1-3

  3. Inactivation of gene expression in transgenic plants

    • P. Meyer
    Pages 5-19

  4. The impact of transposable elements on genome evolution in animals and plants

    • W. J. Miller, L. Kruckenhauser, W. Pinsker
    Pages 21-35

  5. Evolutionary changes of the structure of mobile genetic elements in Drosophila

    • L. Bachmann
    Pages 37-44

  6. Mechanisms and consequences of horizontal gene transfer in natural bacterial populations

    • M. G. Lorenz, W. Wackernagel
    Pages 45-57

  7. Evolutionary genetic considerations on the goals and risks in releasing transgenic crops

    • K. D. Adam, W. H. Köhler
    Pages 59-79

  8. Transmission of insect transposons into baculovirus genomes: An unusual host-pathogen interaction

    • J. A. Jehle
    Pages 81-97

  9. Influence arf transgenes on coevolutionary processes

    • P. W. Braun
    Pages 99-111

  10. The two strategies of biological containment of genetically engineered bacteria

    • T. Schweder
    Pages 113-125

  11. Monitoring genetically modified organisms and their recombinant DNA in soil environments

    • K. Smalla, J. D. van Elsas
    Pages 127-146

  12. Recent advances in ecological biosafety research on the risks of transgenic plants: A trans-continental perspective

    • I. M. Parker, D. Bartsch
    Pages 147-161

  13. Modern versus classical plant breeding methods — efficient synergism or competitive antagonism?

    • W. Friedt, F. Ordon
    Pages 163-179

  14. Genetically modified food and its safety assessment

    • M. Teuber
    Pages 181-195

  15. Genetic intervention in human beings

    • M. Leipoldt
    Pages 197-215

  16. History of and progress in risk assessment

    • J. Tomiuk, A. Sentker
    Pages 217-226

  17. Transgenic organisms and evolution: Ethical implications

    • T. Potthast
    Pages 227-240

  18. Genetic engineering and the press — Public opinion versus published opinion

    • A. Sentker
    Pages 241-254

  19. Epilogue

    • K. Wöhrmann, A. Sentker, J. Tomiuk
    Pages 255-263

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 265-267
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Lehrstuhl für Populationsgenetik, Biologisches Institut, Tübingen, Germany

    J. Tomiuk, K. Wöhrmann

  • Tübingen, Germany

    A. Sentker

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Transgenic Organisms

  • Book Subtitle: Biological and Social Implications

  • Editors: J. Tomiuk, K. Wöhrmann, A. Sentker

  • Series Title: Advances in Life Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-9177-6

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Birkhäuser Verlag 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-5262-2Published: 01 February 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-0348-9935-2Published: 14 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-9177-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 270

  • Topics: Life Sciences, general, Biomedicine general

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