Principles of biotechnology / editor, Christina A. Crawford, MS Ed.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Crawford, Christina A., 1983- editor.

Series:

Principles of

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biotechnology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 466 pages) : illustrations (some color), portraits.

Edition:

[First edition].

Place of Publication:

Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services, Incorporated ; [Amenia, New York] : Grey House Publishing, [2018]

Summary:

This book introduces students and researchers to the fundamentals of biotechnology, and discusses topics such as alternative energy sources, zygomycetes, cloning, synthetic fuels, medicinal plants, stem cell research & technology and genetically modified organisms. Twenty-three biographies of key figures who have made significant contributions to the field of biotechnology are also included.

Contents:

Alternative energy sources

Animal breeding

Animal testing

Animals as a medical resource

Anthrax and biological warfare

Anthropogeomorphology

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Antibiotics as defense against biological warfare

Archaebacteria

Artificial intelligence

Artificial organs

Audio engineering

Bioassays

Biochemical engineering

Biodetectors

Bioenergy technologies

Bioengineering

Biofertilizers

Biofuels

Biofuels and synthetic fuels

Bioinformatics

Biological terrorism

Biological weapon identification

Biomathematics

Biomechanical engineering

Biomechanics

Biometric eye scanners

Biometric identification systems

Bionics and biomedical engineering

Biopesticides and the environment

Bioprocess engineering

Bioremediation

Biosensors

Biostratigraphy

Biosynthetics

Biotechnology and genetic engineering

Biotoxins

Botany and genetic engineering

Botulinum toxin as a biological weapon

Bubonic plague as a biological weapon

Cell and tissue engineering

Cloning

Cloning of plants

CRISPR-Cas9

Cryogenics

Desalination plants and technology

Detection and prevention of food poisoning

Diamond v. Chakrabarty

DNA anaylsis

DNA banks for endangered animals

DNA database controversies

DNA extraction from hair, bodily fluids, and tissues

DNA fingerprinting as evidence

DNA isolation methods

DNA profiling

DNA recognition instruments

DNA sequencing and crime scenes

DNA typing

DNA: recombinant technology

Dolly the sheep

Drug testing

Engineering

Environmental biotechnology

Enzyme engineering

Estrogens from plants

Fiber technologies

Genetic engineering

Genetic resources

Genetically engineered pharmaceuticals

Genetically modified food production

Genetically modified organisms

Genetically altered bacteria

Genomics

Human genetic engineering

Human-computer interaction

Hybridization (botany)

Industrial fermentation

Intelligence

Intensive farming

- Medicinal plants

Metabolic engineering

Microscopy

Mitochondrial DNA analysis and typing

Model organisms

Molecular systematics

Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology and the environment

Neural engineering

Night vision technology

Pasteurization and irradiation

Pathogen genomic sequencing

Performance-enhancing drugs

Plant biotechnology

Plant breeding and propagation

Plant cells: molecular level

Plants as a medical resource

Polymerase chain reaction

Prokaryotes

Proteomics and protein engineering

Radiocarbon dating

Refuse-derived fuel

Renewable and nonrenewable resources

Reproductive science and engineering

Scanning probe microscopy

Science of cloning

Seed banks

Stem cell research and technology

Synthetic fuels

Tularemia as a bioweapon

Zygomycetes

Important figures in biotechnology.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781682176795

1682176797

OCLC:

1037097735