Our Transgenic Future: Spider Goats, Genetic Modification, and the Will to Change Nature

by Lisa Jean Moore

Book Overview

How scientific advances in genetic modification will fundamentally change the natural world

The process of manipulating the genetic material of one animal to include the DNA of another creates a new transgenic organism. Several animals, notably goats, mice, sheep, and cattle are now genetically modified in this way. In Our Transgenic Future, Lisa Jean Moore wonders what such scientific advances portend. Will the natural world...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479814415
• ISBN13: 9781479814411
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"