Environmental risk assessment of genetically modified organisms, volume 3 : methodologies for transgenic fish

Presents scientific methodologies, combined with stakeholder deliberation, for assessing and managing ecological risks of transgenic fish. This book addresses the science needed to inform environmental biosafety policy and regulation for transgenic animls in aquaculture, particularly in developing c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kapuscinski, Anne R. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, U.K. : CABI Publishing , 2007
Series:Environmental risk assessment of genetically modified organisms
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Online Access:https://www.cabi.org/cabebooks/FullTextPDF/2007/20073267246.pdf
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction to environmental risk assessment for transgenic fish
  • 2. Problem formulation and options assessment: science-guide deliberation in environmental risk assessment of transgenic fish
  • 3. Development of transgenic fish: scientific backgrund
  • 4. Gene constructand expression: information relevant for risk assessment and management
  • 5. Approaches to assessing gene flow
  • 6. Assessing ecological effects of transgenic fish prior to entry into nature
  • 7. Introduction to the concepts and methods of uncertainty analysis
  • 8. Risk management: reducing risk through confinement of transgenic fish
  • 9. Risk management: post-approval monitoring and remediation
  • 10. Risk assessment of transgenic fish: synthesis and conclusions