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1 online resource (xviii, 255 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-234) and index. |
| Contents |
Rationale for Bioconfinement 3 -- Methods of Bioconfinement 4 -- Ensuring Bioconfinement Efficacy 6 -- Detecting and Mitigating Bioconfinement Failure 10 -- Ecological Consequences of Large-Scale Use of Bioconfinement 11 -- What Are Genetically Engineered Organisms? 14 -- What is Bioconfinement? 15 -- Other Confinement Methods 16 -- Scope of the Report 17 -- International Aspects 19 -- History of Confinement 19 -- Social Acceptability of Bioconfinement Methods 25 -- 2 When and Why to Consider Bioconfinement 29 -- What is Risk? 30 -- Concerns 35 -- Effects on Nontarget Species 52 -- Delaying the Evolution of Resistance 52 -- Food Safety and Other Issues 53 -- When and Why to Consider Bioconfinement: The Need for Preventive Actions 53 -- How Much Confinement Is Enough? 54 -- Need for Bioconfinement 55 -- Predicting the Consequences of Failure 56 -- Who Decides 58 -- 3 Bioconfinement of Plants 65 -- Methods of Bioconfinement 65 -- Genetically Engineered Trees 98 -- Transgenic Grasses 115 -- Transgenic Algae 121 -- Effectiveness at Different Spatial and Temporal Scales 122 -- Monitoring and Managing Confinement Failure 124 -- 4 Bioconfinement of Animals: Fish, Shellfish, and Insects 130 -- Bioconfinement of Fish and Shellfish 132 -- Bioconfinement of Insects 153 -- 5 Bioconfinement of Viruses, Bacteria, and Other Microbes 159 -- Potential Effects or Concerns, and Need for Bioconfinement in Viruses, Fungi, and Bacteria 160 -- Bioconfinement of Bacteria, Viruses, and Fungi 169 -- 6 Biological and Operational Considerations for Bioconfinement 180 -- What Biology Tells Us about Confinement and Bioconfinement 180 -- Execution of Confinement 185 -- International Aspects 193 -- Bioconfinement Failure 194 -- Looking to the Future: Strategic Public Investment in Bioconfinement Research 195. |
| Summary |
Annotation Genetically engineered organisms (GEOs) have been under development for more than 20 years while GE crops have been grown commercially during the last decade. During this time, a number of questions have cropped up concerning the potential consequences that certain GEOs might have on natural or managed ecosystems and human health. Interest in developing methods to confine some GEOs and their transgenes to specifically designated release settings has Increased and the success of these efforts could facilitate the continued growth and development of this technology. "Biological Confinement of Genetically Engineered Organisms examines biological methods that may be used with genetically engineered plants, animals, microbes, and fungi. Bioconfinement methods have been applied successfully to a few non-engineered organisms, but many promising techniques remain in the conceptual and experimental stages of development. This book reviews and evaluates these methods, discusses when and why to consider their use, and, assesses how effectively they offer a significant reduction of the risks engineered organisms can present to the environment. Interdisciplinary research to develop new confinement methods could find ways to minimize the potential for unintended effects on human health and the environment. Need for this type of research is clear and successful methods could prove helpful in promoting regulatory approval for commercialization of future genetically engineered organisms. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Transgenic organisms -- Safety measures.
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Transgenic organisms -- Safety measures. |
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Transgenic organisms. |
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Confinement farms.
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Confinement farms. |
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Agricultural biotechnology.
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Agricultural biotechnology. |
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Infertility in animals.
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Infertility in animals. |
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Transgenic organisms -- Risk assessment.
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Transgenic organisms -- Risk assessment. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Biological Confinement of Genetically Engineered Organisms.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Biological confinement of genetically engineered organisms. Washington, DC : National Academies Press, ©2004 0309090857 (DLC) 2004004051 (OCoLC)54768081 |
| ISBN |
0309527783 (electronic book) |
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9780309527781 (electronic book) |
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0309090857 (hardback) |
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9780309090858 (hardback) |
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