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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454148803321

Autore

McKinnell Robert Gilmore

Titolo

Cloning [[electronic resource] ] : a biologist reports / / Robert Gilmore McKinnell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1979

ISBN

0-8166-5826-9

0-8166-6366-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (141 p.)

Disciplina

596/.01/6

Soggetti

Cloning

Cell nuclei - Transplantation

Embryology, Experimental

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-121) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments; Contents; 1 Why a Discourse on Cloning? Of Apples, Frogs, and Humans; 2 ""A Fantastical Experiment""; 3 To Clone a Frog; 4 Cancer, Aging, and Other Challenges; 5 On Cloning Mice and Men; 6 A Hundred Einsteins?; Epilogue; Suggested Reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Cloning has become in recent years a subject of widespread speculation: the word is a source of fear and wonder, the concept a jumping-off point for the fantasies of cartoonists, film producers, and novelists. With this book, cell biologist Robert Gilmo