Trespass. Claire Hope Cummings.
by Cummings, Claire Hope; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 23Science. Publisher: World Watch, 2005ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Agricultural biotechnology | Food -- Biotechnology | Food -- Safety measures | Genetic engineering -- Moral and ethical aspects | Genetic engineering industry | Genetically modified foods | Molecular biology | Recombinant DNA | Transgenic plants | TrespassDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Hidden inside Hilgard Hall, one of the oldest buildings on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley, is a photograph that no one is supposed to see. It's a picture of a crippled and contorted corncob that was not created by nature, or even by agriculture, but by genetic engineering. The cob is kept in a plastic bin called 'the monster box,' a collection of biological curiosities put together by someone who works in a secure biotechnology research facility. What the photo shows is a cob that apparently started growing normally, then turned into another part of the corn plant, then returned to forming kernels, then went back to another form--twisting back and forth as if it could not make up its mind about what it was." (WORLD WATCH) This article discusses the controversy over genetic engineering which many scientists believe to be unstable.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Trespass, Jan./Feb. 2005; pp. 24-35.
"Hidden inside Hilgard Hall, one of the oldest buildings on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley, is a photograph that no one is supposed to see. It's a picture of a crippled and contorted corncob that was not created by nature, or even by agriculture, but by genetic engineering. The cob is kept in a plastic bin called 'the monster box,' a collection of biological curiosities put together by someone who works in a secure biotechnology research facility. What the photo shows is a cob that apparently started growing normally, then turned into another part of the corn plant, then returned to forming kernels, then went back to another form--twisting back and forth as if it could not make up its mind about what it was." (WORLD WATCH) This article discusses the controversy over genetic engineering which many scientists believe to be unstable.
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