Shrinking the cat
genetic engineering before we knew about genes
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Word Count
43,750 words, Guess
Page Count
175 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveshrinkingcatgene00hubb
- Internet Archiveshrinkingcatgen000hubb
- ISBN-100618040277
- ISBN-139780618040278
- Library of Congress Control Number2001024547
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number46671100
- Better World Books9780618040278
- Open LibraryOL24963333M
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 genes
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