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Forest History Society Issues Series
Genetically Modified
Forests: From Stone Age to Modern Biotechnology
by Rowland D. Burdon and William J. Libby
The term
biotechnology came into common usage in the 1980s. Broadly defined,
it is anything that combines biology and technology, but it commonly
refers to genetic manipulation of plants and animals. And it has
a long history; the genetics of many tree species have been purposefully
modified for more than 5,000 years.
In Genetically
Modified Forests, the authors trace the history of tree improvement,
helping the reader to understand both human effect on tree genetics
and the real and imagined concerns of genetic engineering. |
©
2006 by the
Forest History Society.
79 pp.; 36 photos (31 color);
glossary, suggested reading.
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