The gene as a rhetorical figure: 'Nothing but a very applicable little word'

Science as Culture

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 505-529

  Shea, Elizabeth ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 28744444518     PISSN: 09505431     EISSN: 14701189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09505430120093603     Document Type: Article

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