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Evolution made to order :

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022639008X

(Number (ISBN

9780226390086

Erroneous ISBN

9780226390116

Title Proper

Evolution made to order :

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[Book]

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plant breeding and technological innovation in twentieth-century America /

First Statement of Responsibility

Helen Anne Curry.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

London :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

The University of Chicago Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2016.

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©2016

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

x, 285 pages :

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illustrations ;

Dimensions

24 cm

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Mutation theories -- An unsolved problem -- Speeding up evolution -- X-rays in the lab and field -- Industrial evolution -- Artificial tetraploidy -- Evolution to order -- Better evolution through chemistry -- Tinkering technologists -- The flower manufacturers -- Radiation revisited -- Mutation politics -- An atomic-age experiment station -- Atomic gardens -- The peaceful atom in global agriculture.

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"In the mid-twentieth century, American plant breeders, frustrated by their dependence on natural variation in creating new crops and flowers, eagerly sought technologies that could extend human control over nature. Their search led them to celebrate a series of strange tools: an x-ray beam directed at dormant seeds, a drop of chromosome-altering colchicine on a flower bud, and a piece of radioactive cobalt in a field of growing crops. According to scientific and popular reports of the time, these mutation-inducing methods would generate variation on demand, in turn allowing breeders to genetically engineer crops and flowers to order. Creating a new crop or flower would soon be as straightforward as innovating any other modern industrial product. In Evolution Made to Order, Helen Anne Curry traces the history of America's pursuit of tools that could speed up evolution. It is an immersive journey through the scientific and social worlds of midcentury genetics and plant breeding and a compelling exploration of American cultures of innovation. As Curry reveals, the creation of genetic technologies was deeply entangled with other areas of technological innovation--from electromechanical to chemical to nuclear. An important study of biological research and innovation in America, Evolution Made to Order provides vital historical context for current worldwide ethical and policy debates over genetic engineering."--Publisher's description.

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9780226390116

Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer, Bitterfeld

Plant genetic engineering-- Genetic engineering-- United States-- History-- 20th century.

Plant genetic engineering-- Social aspects-- United States.

Plant mutation breeding-- Social aspects-- United States.

Plant mutation breeding-- United States-- History-- 20th century.

Biotechnologie

Gentechnologie

Pflanzenzüchtung

Plant mutation breeding.

United States.

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Curry, Helen Anne

Date of Transaction

20200822102247.0

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[Book]

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