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The Red Canary: The Story of the First Genetically Engineered Animal
Tim Birkhead
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Description for The Red Canary: The Story of the First Genetically Engineered Animal
Paperback. In the 1870s English canary breeders caused a scandal by feeding their Norwich canaries with red peppers to turn them orange. A German bird enthusiast, Hans Duncker tried to breed, rather than feed, to produce a red canary. This is the story of early attempts at genetic manipulation. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAK; PSVW6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 196 x 19. Weight in Grams: 250.
The creation of Dolly the sheep in the 1990s was for many people the start of a new era: the age of genetically modified animals. However, the idea was not new for in the 1920s an amateur scientist, Hans Duncker, decided to genetically engineer a red canary. Though his experiments failed, they paved the way for others to succeed when it was recognised that the canary needed to be both a product of nature and nurture. This highly original narrative, of huge contemporary relevance, reveals how the obsession with turning the wild canary from green to red heralded the exciting ... Read more
The creation of Dolly the sheep in the 1990s was for many people the start of a new era: the age of genetically modified animals. However, the idea was not new for in the 1920s an amateur scientist, Hans Duncker, decided to genetically engineer a red canary. Though his experiments failed, they paved the way for others to succeed when it was recognised that the canary needed to be both a product of nature and nurture. This highly original narrative, of huge contemporary relevance, reveals how the obsession with turning the wild canary from green to red heralded the exciting ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
250g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408847060
SKU
V9781408847060
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99-1
About Tim Birkhead
Tim Birkhead is a professor at the University of Sheffield where he teaches animal behaviour and the history of science. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London and his research has taken him all over the world in the quest to understand the lives of birds. He has written for the Independent, New Scientist, ... Read more
Reviews for The Red Canary: The Story of the First Genetically Engineered Animal
Rich in historical detail, studded with curious characters - some of them human - and brimming with scientific insights. The Red Canary reads like a fine novel
Matt Ridley
Takes a small episode from history and draws a surprisingly important lesson from it, in an elegant and diverting way
Sunday Telegraph
His grasp of the science ... Read more
Matt Ridley
Takes a small episode from history and draws a surprisingly important lesson from it, in an elegant and diverting way
Sunday Telegraph
His grasp of the science ... Read more