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Publication

2001 - Houghton Mifflin, Boston, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

43,750 words, Guess

Page Count

175 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC660/.65
  • LCCS494 .H83 2001
  • LCCS494.H83 2001

Description

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.

First Sentence

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

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  • Shrinking the cat: genetic engineering before we knew about genesHoughton Mifflin2001-01-01

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