Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- About the Author -- About the Technical Editor -- Acknowledgments -- Contents at a Glance -- Contents -- Introduction -- What Does This Book Cover? -- Reader Support for This Book -- Chapter 1 The Information Revolution's Impact on Biology -- A Biological...

The "tragedy of the commons" metaphor helps explain why people overuse shared resources. However, the recent proliferation of intellectual property rights in biomedical research suggests a different tragedy, an "anticommons" in which people underuse scarce resources because too many owners can...

Agriculture has relied on biotechnology for centuries, but with the rise of recombinant DNA technology, biotechnology's impact on AG has increased dramatically. This article explores the current federal requirements to release new biotechnology on the market, trade associations requirements to...