Trading the genome : investigating the commodification of bio-information / Bronwyn Parry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parry, Bronwyn.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biotechnology--Social aspects.

Biotechnology.

Germplasm resources.

Bioinformatics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In a groundbreaking work that draws on anthropology, history, philosophy, business and law, Parry links firsthand knowledge of the operation of the bioprospecting industry to a sophisticated analysis of broader economic, regulatory, and technological transformations to reveal the complex economic and political dynamics that underpin the new global trade in bio-information.

Contents:

Front matter

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

Preface

1. INTRODUCTION

2. THE COLLECTION OF NATURE AND THE NATURE OF COLLECTING

3. SPEEDUP

4. NEW COLLECTORS, NEW COLLECTIONS

5. THE FATE OF THE COLLECTIONS

6. TAMING THE SLIPPERY BEAST

7. BACK TO THE FUTURE

APPENDIX: METHODOLOGY

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Revision of author's PHD thesis entitled The fate of the collections--University of Cambridge, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-308) and index.

ISBN:

9780231509299

0231509294

OCLC:

818856047