The Genetic revolution : scientific prospects and public perceptions / edited by Bernard D. Davis.

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [1991], ©1991.

xvi, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Based on conference proceedings sponsored by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-284) and index

The issues : prospects versus perceptions / Bernard D. Davis -- The background : from classical to molecular genetics / Bernard D. Davis -- Microbes : the laboratory and the field / Allan M. Campbell -- An ecological perspective / Simon A. Levin -- An environmentalist perspective / Margaret Mellon -- Public policy / Aaron Wildavsky -- Plant agriculture / Charles J. Arntzen -- Animal agriculture / Franklin M. Lowe -- Molecular medicine / Theodore Friedmann -- Neuroscience / James H. Schwartz -- Evolution / Francisco J. Ayala -- Regulation / Henry I. Miller -- Regulatory law / Richard B. Stewart -- Summary and comments : scientific chapters / Bernard D. Davis -- Comments : public policy issues / Harvey Brooks and Rollin B. Johnson.