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A brand new bird : how two amateur scientists created the first genetically engineered animal / Tim Birkhead.
Van Pelt Library SF463.7.C64 B57 2003
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Veterinary: Atwood Library (Campus) SF463.7.C64 B57 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Birkhead, Tim.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Duncker, Hans, 1881-1961.
- Duncker, Hans.
- Reich, Karl, 1885?-.
- Reich, Karl.
- Color canaries--Genetic engineering--Germany--Bremen--History.
- Color canaries.
- Canaries--genetics.
- Hybridization, Genetic.
- Genetics--history.
- Genetic engineering.
- History.
- Germany--Bremen.
- Medical Subjects:
- Canaries--genetics.
- Hybridization, Genetic.
- Genetics--history.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 268 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, [2003]
- Summary:
- This is the fascinating story of the hidden world of bird-breeding, of contentious ideas in 1920s Germany, and of two amateur scientists who unwittingly managed to be decades ahead of their time.
- Contents:
- Igniting the genome
- Catching, keeping, and status
- The music of nature
- The nature of music
- The variegation enigma
- Domestic life and death
- Mixed blessings - Mules and hybrids
- Fugitive red
- Not by genes alone
- Honest red?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-257) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0465006655
- OCLC:
- 52424214
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