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An edition of Shrinking the Cat (2001)

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Early examples of tinkering with genes are explored, such as brreding smaller and tamer cats, turning wild grass into corn, breeding silkworms dependent on people, and making apples prettier but tasteless.

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Houghton Mifflin
Language
English
Pages
175

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Subjects
Genetic engineering, Genetic engineering, moral and ethical aspects, Fokken, Veredeling, Genetische manipulatie, Breeding

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February 2002, Houghton Mifflin Company
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Table of Contents

Of Humanity, Tazzie the Good Dog, and Corn
Of Multicaulismania, Silkworms, and the World's First Superhighway
Of Lions, Cats, Shrinkage, and Rats
Of Apples in Heaven's Mountains and in Cow Pastures.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-169) and index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
660/.65
Library of Congress
S494 .H83 2001, S494.H83 2001

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 175 p. :
Number of pages
175

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OL24963333M
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ISBN 10
0618040277
ISBN 13
9780618040278
LCCN
2001024547
OCLC/WorldCat
46671100

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First Sentence

"WE, THE NAMERS, call our species Homo sapiens, the sapient, intelligent, wise sort of human."

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