Field testing genetically modified organisms : framework for decisions /
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academy Press,
1989.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Field Testing Genetically Modified Organisms: Framework for Decisions""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1 Executive Summary ""; ""PLANTS""; ""MICROORGANISMS""; ""FRAMEWORK""; ""2 Introduction ""; ""THE GENETIC MODIFICATION OF ORGANISMS: MERGING CLASSICAL AND MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES""; ""PLANT MODIFICATIONS�CLASSICAL TECHNIQUES""; ""PLANT MODIFICATIONS�MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES""; ""COMPARISON OF CLASSICAL AND MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES IN PLANTS""; ""GENOME MODIFICATION OF MICROORGANISMS�CLASSICAL TECHNIQUES""; ""GENOME MODIFICATION OF MICROORGANISMS�MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES""
- COMPARISON OF CLASSICAL AND MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES IN MICROORGANISMSSUMMARY
- 3 Past Experience with Genetic Modification of Plants and Their Introduction into the Environment
- TYPES OF GENETIC MODIFICATION IN PLANTS
- Classical Techniques of Genetic Modification of Plants
- Cellular Techniques of Genetic Modification of Plants
- Molecular Techniques of Genetic Modification of Plants
- THE RESULTS OF GENETIC MODIFICATION
- Increased Yield and Increased Reliability of Performance
- MODIFICATIONS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON PERSISTENCE
- Degree of Domestication
- Plant HabitAdaptability, Range of Habitats
- CASE STUDIES OF INTRODUCED CROPS
- Soybean
- Canola
- Potato
- Maize (Corn)
- PAST EXPERIENCE WITH CONFINEMENT
- SUMMARY POINTS
- 4 Enhanced Weediness: A Major Environmental Issue
- GENERAL PRINCIPLES
- THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE INTRODUCTION OF EXOTIC PLANTS AND GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS
- Ecological Implications of Introducing Plants with Many New Traits
- Ecologically Important Changes that Result from Small Genetic Alterations
- THE ABILITY OF CROPS TO REVERT TO A WILD OR WEEDY CONDITION
- HYBRIDIZATION BETWEEN CROPS AND THEIR WILD RELATIVESSUMMARY POINTS
- 5 Past Experience with the Introduction of Modified Plants: Molecular Genetic Techniques
- PROPERTIES OF MOLECULAR GENETIC MODIFICATIONS
- Methods of Gene Introduction
- Genetic Stability of the Alteration
- Types of Genetic Alterations
- CASE STUDIES OF PLANTS MODIFIED BY MOLECULAR GENETIC TECHNIQUES
- Stability of Inserted Genes
- Undesirable Alteration of Plant Phenotype
- Environmental Impact on Nontarget Species
- Potential for Weediness
- Specific Examples
- SUMMARY POINTS
- 6 Conclusions and Recommendations: Plants WHAT DOES PAST EXPERIENCE TEACH US?
- About Introductions
- About Genetic Modification
- About Weeds
- CONTROL AND CONFINEMENT OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANT VARIETIES
- LARGE-SCALE INTRODUCTIONS AND COMMERCIALIZATION
- A FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSING RISK
- GEOGRAPHIC FRAME OF REFERENCE
- OVERSIGHT CONSIDERATIONS
- 7 Past Experience with the Introduction of Microorganisms into the Environment
- HISTORY OF BENEFICIAL USES OF MICROORGANISMS AND PROSPECTS FOR THE FUTURE
- Food Production
- Agriculture