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The Red Canary - The Story of the First Genetically Engineered Animal (Paperback) Loot Price: R408

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The Red Canary - The Story of the First Genetically Engineered Animal (Paperback): Tim Birkhead

The Red Canary - The Story of the First Genetically Engineered Animal (Paperback)

Tim Birkhead

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The creation of Dolly the sheep in the 1990s was for many people the start of a new era: the age of genetically modified animals. However, the idea was not new for in the 1920s an amateur scientist, Hans Duncker, decided to genetically engineer a red canary. Though his experiments failed, they paved the way for others to succeed when it was recognised that the canary needed to be both a product of nature and nurture. This highly original narrative, of huge contemporary relevance, reveals how the obsession with turning the wild canary from green to red heralded the exciting but controversial developments in genetic manipulation.

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Imprint:	Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2014
Authors:	Tim Birkhead
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-4088-4706-0
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Genetics (non-medical) > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Vertebrates > Birds (ornithology) Promotions
LSN:	1-4088-4706-X
Barcode:	9781408847060