Marshall, Elizabeth L

Describes the causes of infertility; reviews the conventional medical therapies that may be used to achieve conception; looks at the history of in vitro fertilization and its variations; and discusses the criticisms that have been aimed at the fertility industry.

This book explores the many ways of gathering information from the Net, such as using news groups, mailing lists, electronic mail, the World Wide Web, and more.

An overview of recombined DNA technology, or genetic engineering, techniques used to create crop plants and farm animals with characteristics that are attractive to farmers, food processors, and consumers.

Explores the many ways of gathering information from the Internet, offering guidelines on conducting online research, presenting tips for designing a home page, discussing Internet safety, and including a resource list for connecting with other students throughout the world.

Describes the ten-year, multimillion dollar Human Genome Project and its process of gene mapping and addresses some of the criticisms of the project.