Postgenomic futures: Translations across the machine-nature border in systems biology

New Genetics and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 195-226

  Fujimura, Joan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYBERNETICS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; LANGUAGE; MACHINE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SOCIOLOGY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 27144544975     PISSN: 14636778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14636770500184826     Document Type: Conference Paper

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