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The Red Canary: The Story of the First Genetically Engineered A
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- “Slight Creasing To Spine and Wear To Edges Of Pages”
- Book Title
- The Red Canary: The Story of the First Genetically Engineered A
- UPC
- 9780297829966
- ISBN
- 9780297829966
- EAN
- 9780297829966
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- The Red Canary: the Story of the First Genetically Engineered Animal
- Item Height
- 224mm
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Item Width
- 147mm
- Subject
- Science, Biology
- Item Weight
- 521g
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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At the turn of the 20th century canary mania spread from the US and South Africa to Europe, with 150,000 males being raised each year to satisfy demand. Hans Duncker, a German bird enthusiast, was fascinated by the fact that in the 1870s English canary breeders had caused a scandal by feeding their Norwich canaries with red peppers to turn them orange. Duncker spent the rest of his life (1881-1961) using breeding rather than feeding to try and produce a red canary. Duncker's ultimately unsuccessful work was picked up by an Englishman, Anthony Gill, and an American, Charles Bennett, in the 1930s. This was all long before genetically modified organisms and Dolly the sheep, but this amazing story (with its backdrop of the rise of Nazism and eugenic policies) has huge contemporary relevance. This is a highly original narrative revealing how an amateur obsession heralded the inherent dangers of genetic manipulation.
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Orion Publishing Co
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9780297829966
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Publication Name
The Red Canary: the Story of the First Genetically Engineered Animal
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Science, Biology
Publication Year
2003
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
224mm
Item Width
147mm
Item Weight
521g
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United Kingdom
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