chitinase, 183

common traits of proteins, 189

conventionally bred plants, 187-188, 190, 254

desensitization, 186, 253

2S high-methionine albumins, 189, 190-191, 197

immunoglobulin E reaction, 185-186, 189, 191, 196

incidence in humans, 184-185, 253

lectins, 180

in microbial proteins, 184

peanuts, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190

problem foods, 185, 186, 187-188, 198

reaction process, 185-186

StarLink corn case, 191-196, 197

suppression in GM foods, 198-199

testing for, 189-190, 191, 194, 196

thioredoxin and, 198

“traditional foods,” 187-188

Altieri, Miguel, 260

Aluminum tolerance, 308-309

Ambrosoli, Mauro, 133, 134, 271

American Medical Association, 161, 190

American Soybean Association, 273-274

Ames, Bruce, 253-254

Ames test for carcinogens, 253

Ammann, Klaus, 9, 17, 19, 231, 235, 269

Anderson, Edgar, 24, 29, 30, 34, 67

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 146-147

Antibiotic resistance, 114, 213

marker genes, 4, 109-110, 119, 125-126, 149, 156, 160-163

Antibiotics, 111, 120, 248, 250

Aphids, 130, 138, 167, 281-283, 284, 285-286

Apple, 24, 53-54, 71, 72, 108-109, 112, 231, 259-260, 280-281

Apricot, 186, 188, 280

Aquinas, Thomas, 72

Arabidopsis thaliana, 5, 82, 85, 93-94, 123, 174, 298, 304

Arable farming, 30

Arber, Werner, 115

Aristotle, 68

Arkansas Children’s Hospitals, 198

Asgrow Seeds, 138, 140

Auxins, 11, 275

Aventis, 151, 191, 195, 212, 219

Aventis CropScience, 194, 205, 297

Avery, Dennis, 264-265, 303

Avery, Oswald, 79

B

Bacillus anthracis, 213-214, 254

Bacillus cereus, 193, 213, 254

Bacillus thuringiensis. See also Bt crops and pesticides

Cry proteins, 192-194, 195-196, 203, 205, 206, 207-208, 213, 225

toxins in pesticides from, 192, 202, 254

Bacteria. See also Plasmids;

individual species

allergenic proteins, 184

antibiotic resistance, 4, 109-110, 119, 125-126, 149, 156, 160-163

cell structure, 86-87

crude-oil-eating, 136

DNA, 88

evolution, 95

gene promoters, 164

genetically engineered, 3

herbicide degrading, 275-276

horizontal gene transfer to humans, 159-163

human consumption of, 184

hybrids, 113

ice-minus, 145-146, 148

natural genetic engineer, 123-127

nitrogen-fixing, 50, 95, 123, 148, 257, 259, 272

patents on, 135-136

reproduction, 5, 112, 124, 143

root-protecting, 272

safety of recombinant DNA technology with, 143-144, 184

Front Matter (R1-R14)

1 Against the Ways of Nature (1-22)

2 The Wild and the Sown (23-46)

3 The Power in the Earth (47-66)

4 Genes and Species (67-84)

5 Tinkering with Evolution (85-106)

6 Making a Chimera (107-128)

7 The Product or the Process (129-154)

8 Is It Safe to Eat? (155-176)

9 Poisoned Rats or Poisoned Wells (177-200)

10 The Butterfly and the Corn Borer (201-222)

11 Pollen Has Always Flown (223-244)

12 The Organic Rule (245-262)

13 Sustaining Agriculture (263-278)

14 Sharing the Fruits (279-294)

15 Food for Thought (295-316)

Acknowledgments (317-318)

Notes (319-336)

Bibliography (337-350)

Index (351-370)