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The Ingenious Mr Fairchild

Paperback • 2012 • English

The Ingenious Mr Fairchild

By Michael Leapman

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About the book

By the early eighteenth century botanists were inching towards the shocking truth that plants had male and female organs and reproduced sexually. The first person to realize the practical implications of this was London nurseryman and author Thomas Fairchild. By transferring the pollen of a sweet William into the pistil of a carnation, he created a new plant that became known as 'Fairchild's Mule': the first man-made hybrid in Europe. But this primitive form of genetic engineering aroused a scie...Show more

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ISBN

9780571290277

Publisher

Faber Finds

Published year

2012

Language

English

Original title

The Ingenious Mr Fairchild

Format

Paperback

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