The double helix 50 years on: Models, metaphors, and reductionism

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 63-64

  Ashcroft, R E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE; THYMINE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DNA HELIX; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; EDITORIAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MEDICAL ETHICS; ONCOLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DNA; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EID: 0037397302     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.29.2.63     Document Type: Editorial

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