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⇑Genetics at University of Leicester

Language: English Studies in English

Subject area: biology

University website: www.le.ac.uk

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Genetics

Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in living organisms. It is generally considered a field of biology, but intersects frequently with many other life sciences and is strongly linked with the study of information systems.

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Genetic engineering crosses a fundamental threshold in the human manipulation of the planet, changing the nature of life itself.

Douglas Parr, scientist and activist, cited in Awake! magazine 2000, 4/22.

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Sebastian Shaw: Among other things, super powered mutants are becoming common place in the world. If my associates and I can isolate the genetic quirk that created us...and then "custom build"--through genetic engineering mutants at will, the possibilities are...limitless. In that quest Nightcrawler, you X-Men will be our guinea pigs.

Claremont The Uncanny X-Men #133 (1979) p.8

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I stand by my assertions that although you can know what happens to any individual species that you modify, you cannot be certain what will happen to the ecosystem. Also, we have a strange situation where we have malnourished fat people. It’s not that we need more food. It’s that we need to manage our food system better. So when corporations seek government funding for genetic modification of food sources, I stroke my chin.

Bill Nye [NOTE: This position was retracted by Bill Nye less than four months later, per The Washington Post source March 3, 2015, below.]

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