Title:
Unnatural selection : how we are changing life, gene by gene
Author:
Publication Date:
2015
Publication Information:
Washington, DC : Island Press, [2015]
©2015
Physical Description:
x, 187 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781610914987
Contents:
Life-changing chemicals -- Unnatural selection in a natural world. Discovery : antibiotics and the rise of the superbug ; Prevention : searching for a universal vaccine ; Treatment : beyond chemotherapy ; Defiance : rounding up resistance ; Resurgence : bedbugs bite back -- Natural selection in an unnatural world. Release : toxics in the wild ; Evolution : it's humanly possible -- Beyond selection. Epigenetics : epilogue or prologue?
Language:
English