Foundations and profiles: Splicing metaphors in genetic databases and biobanks

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-53

  Ratto, Matt ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

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EID: 31344465426     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662506056786     Document Type: Article

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