Resurrection science : conservation, de-extinction and the precarious future of wild things /

"A tour of current advances in biology and ethics demonstrates how humans are increasingly in control of evolution, exploring how as the scientific community endeavors to save near-extinct species, the creatures being saved become less wild and more dependent,"--Novelist

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Connor, M. R., 1982-
Corporate Author: Dhiren H. Shah W'82 and Katherine M. Shah Fund
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York City : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015
Subjects:
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