Sex genes: A critical sociomaterial approach to the politics and molecular genetics of sex determination

Signs

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-82

  Fujimura, Joan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 33750445296     PISSN: 00979740     EISSN: 15456943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505612     Document Type: Article

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