Knowing your genes

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-28

  Love, Rosaleen ^a  

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EID: 0042755871     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-6625/5/1/002     Document Type: Article

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