02731nam 22006494a 450 991045176130332120210603014113.00-231-50929-410.7312/parr12174(CKB)1000000000455790(EBL)908499(OCoLC)818856047(SSID)ssj0000260994(PQKBManifestationID)11194759(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000260994(PQKBWorkID)10256321(PQKB)10825971(MiAaPQ)EBC908499(DE-B1597)459201(OCoLC)216947256(OCoLC)979742073(DE-B1597)9780231509299(Au-PeEL)EBL908499(CaPaEBR)ebr10183618(CaONFJC)MIL666610(EXLCZ)99100000000045579020040223d2004 uy 0engurun#---|u||utxtccrTrading the genome[electronic resource] investigating the commodification of bio-information /Bronwyn ParryNew York Columbia University Pressc20041 online resource (345 p.)Revision of author's PHD thesis entitled The fate of the collections--University of Cambridge, 1998.1-322-35328-X 0-231-12174-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-308) and index.Front matter --CONTENTS --List of Illustrations --List of Tables --Acknowledgments --Preface --1. INTRODUCTION --2. THE COLLECTION OF NATURE AND THE NATURE OF COLLECTING --3. SPEEDUP --4. NEW COLLECTORS, NEW COLLECTIONS --5. THE FATE OF THE COLLECTIONS --6. TAMING THE SLIPPERY BEAST --7. BACK TO THE FUTURE --APPENDIX: METHODOLOGY --NOTES --BIBLIOGRAPHY --INDEXIn a groundbreaking work that draws on anthropology, history, philosophy, business and law, Parry links firsthand knowledge of the operation of the bioprospecting industry to a sophisticated analysis of broader economic, regulatory, and technological transformations to reveal the complex economic and political dynamics that underpin the new global trade in bio-information.BiotechnologySocial aspectsGermplasm resourcesBioinformaticsElectronic books.BiotechnologySocial aspects.Germplasm resources.Bioinformatics.303.48/3Parry Bronwyn1054677MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451761303321Trading the genome2487509UNINA