|
COPYRIGHT 2005 Natural History Magazine, Inc.
Mendel in the Kitchen: A Scientist's View of Genetically Modified Foods by Nina Fedoroff and Nancy Marie Brown Joseph Henry Press, 2004; $24.95
It is marvelous how submicroscopic strands of DNA, through their many permutations, can influence the structure, development, and functioning of every living species on the planet. Yet to Nina Fedoroff, a molecular biologist at Pennsylvania State University in University Park, it also seems ironic that the same molecules have played such a powerful role in the recent political life of our species.
Here in...
Read the full article for free courtesy of your local library.
|