Genetic Engineering

by David Rhodes (Editor)

Genetic engineering, also known as genetic modification, is a highly complicated and advanced branch of science. This book provides an insight into various matters related to genetic engineering of microorganisms, plants and animals. It particularly includes natural and social sciences. In context of natural science, this book covers topics ranging from the genetic engineering of microorganisms to production of antibiotics, the gene focusing and transformation in plants, the era of marker-free plants in answer to biosafety issues, and also the generation of transgenic animals and those made by cloning are covered. In context of social science, it discusses the problems related to ethics and morals in biotechnology and the role of media in reporting around the cloned sheep, Dolly.

138 pages, Hardcover

First published January 28, 2015

About the author

As a young man, David Rhodes worked in fields, hospitals, and factories across Iowa. After receiving an MFA in Writing from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1971, he published three acclaimed novels: The Last Fair Deal Going Down (1972), The Easter House (1974), and Rock Island Line (1975). In 1976, a motorcycle accident left him partially paralyzed. In 2008, Rhodes returned to the literary scene with Driftless, a novel that was hailed as "the best work of fiction to come out of the Midwest in many years" (Alan Cheuse). Following the publication of Driftless, Rhodes was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2010, to support the writing of Jewelweed, his newest novel. He lives with his wife, Edna, in Wisconsin.

“Rhodes proves that there is still vigorous life in the dark Gothic roots of great American novels.”

—Peter W. Jordan, The Tennessean