Environmental risk assessment of genetically modified organisms. Volume 3, Methodologies for transgenic fish /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2007.
• Subjects: Fishes > Genetic engineering > Environmental aspects.; Transgenic fish > Risk assessment.; Animal Genetics and Breeding, (New March 2000); Aquaculture (Animals); Genetic Engineering, Gene Transfer and Transgenics, (New June 2002); Techniques and Methodology.; Fishes.; Aquaculture.; Environment.; Gene expression.; Gene flow.; Genes.; Genetically engineered organisms.; Monitoring.; Research.; Research projects.; Risk assessment.; Techniques.; Transgenic animals.; Electronic books.
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This book on methodologies for risk assessment and management of transgenic fish is written by 44 authors from 19 countries. It is comprised of 10 chapters giving emphasis on developing countries which have transgenic fish research programmes or aquaculture systems that may use transgenic fish in th...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Environmental Risk Assessment for Transgenic Fish / K.R. Hayes, A.R. Kapuscinski, G. Dana, S. Li and R.H. Devlin
• Problem Formulation and Options Assessment : Science-guided Deliberation in Environmental Risk Assessment of Transgenic Fish / K.C. Nelson, Z. Basiao, A.M. Cooper, M. Dey, D. Fonticiella, M. Lorenzo Hernandez, S. Kunawasen, W. Leelapatra, S. Li, B.D. Ratner and M.I. Toledo
• Development of Transgenic Fish : Scientific Background / Y.K. Nam, N. Maclean, C. Fu, T.J. Pandian and M.R.R. Eguia
• Gene Construct and Expression : Information Relevant for Risk Assessment and Management / Z. Gong, N. Maclean, R.H. Devlin, R. Martinez, O. Omitogun and M.P. Estrada
• Approaches to Assessing Gene Flow / A.R. Kapuscinski, J.J. Hard, K.M. Paulson, R. Neira, A. Ponniah, W. Kamonrat, W. Mwanja, I.A. Fleming, J. Gallardo, R.H. Devlin and J. Trisak
• Assessing Ecological Effects of Transgenic Fish Prior to Entry into Nature / R.H. Devlin, L.F. Sundström, J.I. Johnsson, I.A. Fleming, K.R. Hayes, W.O. Ojwang, C. Bambaradeniya and M. Zakaraia-Ismail
• Introduction to the Concepts and Methods of Uncertainty Analysis / K.R. Hayes, H.M. Regan and M.A. Burgman
• Risk Management : Reducing Risk through Confinement of Transgenic Fish / G.C. Mair, Y.K. Nam and I.I. Solar
• Risk Management : Post-approval Monitoring and Remediation / W. Senanan, J.J. Hard, A. Alcivar-Warren, J. Trisak, M. Zakaraia-Ismail and M. Lorenzo Hernandez
• Risk Assessment of Transgenic Fish : Synthesis and Conclusions / A.R. Kapuscinski, G. Dana, K.R. Hayes, S. Li, K.C. Nelson, Y.K. Nam, Z. Gong, R.H. Devlin, G.C. Mair and W. Senanan.