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Genre/Form: | Literature Juvenile works Juvenile literature |
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Material Type: | Juvenile audience |
Document Type: | Book |
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Dorothy Hinshaw Patent |
ISBN: | 0152928677 9780152928674 |
OCLC Number: | 29845557 |
Notes: | "A Gulliver green book." |
Description: | xii, 180 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents: | What is diversity? -- The perils of uniformity -- Pressures against preservation -- The pitfalls of modern crop breeding -- Up close : traditional farming systems -- Modern farms, fewer breeds -- Banking genes -- Finding creative solutions. |
Responsibility: | Dorothy Hinshaw Patent. |
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Abstract:
Explains the importance of maintaining plant & animal diversity & describes experiments with genetic engineering & factory farming. Annotation. The award-winning author explores the issue of biodiversity, how it is threatened, and how we can preserve it. This informative, well-written book provides excellent report material on a subject that is both interesting and complex.
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