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Ecology & Genetics:

An Essay on the Nature of Life and the Problem of Genetic Engineering

By: Arjun Makhijani

A report of The Institute for Energy and Environmental Research

In May 2001, this essay was published as an illustrated book by The Apex Press, an imprint of the
Council on International and Public Affairs, Suite 3C, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017 (Tel. 1-800-316-2739)
Library of Congress Control Number: 2001089619; ISBN 1-891843-12-5.

(c) 2001 by Arjun Makhijani and The Institute for Energy and Environmental Research.
All rights reserved.

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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

References


About IEER and the Author

The Institute for Energy and Environmental Research provides the public and policy-makers with thoughtful, clear, and sound scientific and technical studies. IEER aims to democratize science and promote a healthier environment.

Arjun Makhijani is president of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research in Takoma Park, Maryland. He has written widely on energy, environmental, and security issues. He completed his Ph.D. in 1972 from the Electrical Engineering department at the University of California at Berkeley, where he specialized in plasma physics as applied to controlled thermonuclear fusion.


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Posted November 2001