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Emerging consequences of biotechnology : biodiversity loss and IPR issues /

The principal message of this book is that thermodynamics and statistical mechanics will benefit from replacing the unfortunate, misleading and mysterious term "entropy" with a more familiar, meaningful and appropriate term such as information, missing information or uncertainty. This repl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dronamraju, Krishna R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore : World Scientific, ©2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ch. 1. Impact of GM crops on biodiversity and the environment
  • ch. 2. Biodiversity loss
  • ch. 3. Bioprospecting or biopiracy?
  • ch. 4. Global appeal against patents on conventional seeds and crops
  • ch. 5. Patenting life
  • ch. 6. Traditional knowledge and intellectual property rights
  • ch. 7. Impact of GMOs in developing countries
  • ch. 8. Agricultural biodiversity
  • ch. 9. GMOs and the law
  • ch. 10. Human rights and ethical issues.