Ecology & Genetics:

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: The Ecosystem in Us

Chapter 2: Incorporation and Excorporation

Chapter 3: Modes of Expression

Chapter 4: Reproduction of the Ecosystem

Chapter 5: Genetic Engineering and the Environment

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