Contents
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| Contributors |
| Discussion Participants |
| Preface |
| Joint SCOPE/COGENE Statement |
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SECTION 1 HISTORY OF CONCERNS REGARDING GENETIC MANIPULATION |
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Risk Assessment for Genetic Experimentation and Application
Anna Marie Skalka |
| 2 |
Recombinant DNA: Past Lessons and Current Concerns
Allan Campbell |
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SECTION 2 GENETIC TRANSFER AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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Impact of Human Civilization on Biological Evolution
Werner Arber |
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4 |
Epistatic and Pleiotropic Effects on Genetic Manipulation
Allan Campbell |
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5 |
Modulation of Replication Efficiency by Non-coding Sequences and by the
Environment
Giorgio Bernardi, Regina Goursot, Edda Rayko, René Goursot, Baya
Cherif-Zahar, and Roberta Melis |
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Population Consequences of Genetic Design in Sexually Reproducing
Organisms
Freddy Bugge Christiansen |
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Evolutionary Consequences of Modifying Cultivated Plants
A. Caplan and M. Van Montagu |
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Organization and Dynamics of the Rhizohium Genome. A Basis for Introducing Novel Arrangements of Genetic Information
into the Environment
Rafael Palacios, Esperanza Martinez, Margarita Flores, David Romero, Susana
Brom, Guillermo Dávila, and Daniel Piñero |
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Engineering Microbes for Function and Safety in the Environment
D.F. Dwyer and Kenneth N. Timmis |
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Patterns of Establishment and Spread of Animal Viruses
Frank Fenner |
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The Release of Genetically Designed Organisms in the
Environment: Lessons from the Study of the Ecology of Biological Invasions
Harold A. Mooney and James A. Drake |
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SECTION 3 ASSESSMENT AND REGULATION
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The Ecology of Genetically Engineered Organisms: Assessing the Environmental Risks
Michael J. Crawley |
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Ecological Issues Related to the Release of Genetically Engineered Organisms into the Environment
Simon A. Levin |
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Regulation of Biotechnology: A Perspective on the US
'Coordinated Framework'
David T. Kingsbury |
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Current Trends in the Evaluation of the Impact of Deliberate Release of Microorganisms in the Environment: A Case Study with a Bioinsecticidal Bacterium
Robert M. Faust and Kunthala Jayaraman |