Biological Confinement of Genetically Engineered Organisms

by National Research Council, Committee on the Biological Confinement, Division on Earth and Life Studies, et al.

Genetically engineered organisms (GEOs) have been under development for more than 20 years while GE crops have been grown commercially during the last decade. During this time, a number of questions have cropped up concerning the potential consequences that certain GEOs might have on natural or managed ecosystems and human health. Interest in developing methods to confine some GEOs and their transgenes to specifically designated release settings...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309090857
• ISBN13: 9780309090858
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.4"