科图分类法:	S188-05/1 版次：
中图分类法:	S188-05 版次：
著者:	Thompson, R. Paul,
题名:	Agro-technology : [ a philosophical introduction /] / ,
出版发行:	出版地： Cambridge ; 出版社： Cambridge University Press, 出版日期： 2011.
载体形态:	xxiii, 233 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
内容提要:	"Humans have been modifying plants and animals for millennia. The dawn of molecular genetics, however, has kindled intense public scrutiny and controversy. Crops, and the food products which include them, have dominated molecular modification in agriculture. Organisations have made unsubstantiated claims and scare mongering is common. In this textbook Paul Thompson presents a clear account of the significant issues--identifying harms and benefits, analysing and managing risk--which lie beneath the cacophony of public controversy. His comprehensive analysis looks especially at genetically modified organisms, and includes an explanation of the scientific background, an analysis of ideological objections, a discussion of legal and ethical concerns, a suggested alternative--organic agriculture--and an examination of the controversy's impact on sub-Saharan African countries. His book will be of interest to students and other readers in philosophy, biology, biotechnology, and public policy"--
内容提要:	"Although the current debate about agricultural biotechnology is often narrowly focused on molecular biotechnology (molecular genetic modification), the technological application of biology in agriculture predates the advent of molecular biology. For more than 10,000 years humans have been manipulating the traits of animals and plants (Mazoyer and Roundart, 2006; Thompson, 2009) by manipulating their genes and, thereby their genomes (the specific combination of genes in an organism's cells); the dog was likely the earliest animal to be domesticated (about 16,000 years ago). Early domestication of agricultural animals and plants was based entirely on crude experimentation (trial and error). Biological knowledge was elementary; humans learned early that offspring resemble parents, that selecting animals and plants with desirable traits and breeding them created a population of animals with those traits, and that occasionally a new trait seemed to appear"--
主题词:	Agricultural biotechnology Philosophy.
主题词:	Genetic engineering Philosophy.
主题词:	Agricultural biotechnology Moral and ethical aspects.
主题词:	Genetic engineering Moral and ethical aspects.
主题词:	Agricultural biotechnology Social aspects.
主题词:	Genetic engineering Social aspects.
索书号:	S188-05/1