De-Extinction and the Genomics Revolution Life on Demand
This book considers the cultural history and politics of de-extinction, an approach to wildlife conservation that seeks to use advanced biotechnologies for genetic rescue, crisis interventions, and even species resurrections. It demonstrates how the genom
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Amy Lynn Fletcher
De-Extinction and the Genomics Revolution
Amy Lynn Fletcher
De-Extinction and the Genomics Revolution Life on Demand
Amy Lynn Fletcher Christchurch, New Zealand
ISBN 978-3-030-25788-0 ISBN 978-3-030-25789-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25789-7 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Pattern © Melisa Hasan This Palgrave Pivot imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
This book is dedicated to my dad, William Miller Fletcher, Jr. (1938–2018). Every word in this that is mine also belongs to you.
Contents
1 Preface and Acknowledgments 1 2 Matters of Life and Death in the Anthropocene 9 3 The Secrets of All Inheritance: A Cultural History of DNA27 4 Mammoths, Museums, and Molecules: A De-Extinction Icon Emerges45 5 Conclusion: Life-on-Demand63 Bibliography
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The age of monsters. Frontispiece, The Fairy Tales of Science, 1859, by John Cargill Brough (Illustration by Charles H. Bennett)7 A galvanized corpse (Printed and published by H.R. Robinson, 1836. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/ item/2008661296/. No known restrictions on publication) 16 Photograph taken in 1936 of a Tasmanian tiger at Beaumaris Zoo, by Ben Sheppard (Permission of the State Library and Archive Service, Libraries Tasmania, Image NS1298-11880_03)39 Mammoth restored, from Beneath the Surface: or the Wonders of the Underground World, 1876. Author William Henry Davenport (Source: British Library. Public Domain) 67
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CHAPTER 1
Preface and Acknowledgments
Abstract This short book considers the implications of “life-on-demand,” that
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