Paternity testing and the biological determination of fatherhood

Journal of Family Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 73-93

  Turney, Lyn ^a,b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b Mail H24 ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological essentialism; Fatherhood; Genetic technologies; Nonbiological paternity; Nongenetic ties; Paternity fraud; Paternity testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748558117     PISSN: 13229400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jfs.327.12.1.73     Document Type: Article

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