The science and ethics of engineering the human germ line
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:Mendel's maze
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/ Jon W. Gordon
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Hoboken, N.J.
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: Wiley-Liss,
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, c2003.
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xv, 286 p. ill. 24 cm.
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Includes index.
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Setting the table -- Building a living organism from inanimate parts -- Molecular biology and recombinant dna technology -- Transmitting the genetic information to future generations -- Developmental biology -- Reproductive biology and assisted reproductive technologies -- Methods and strategies for gene transfer and engineering of the germ line -- Introduction to the ethics of reproductive genetic technologies -- Future developments and applications of genetic engineering technology -- What if? ethical and legal aspects of germ line manipulation.