The viral gene: An undead metaphor recoding life

Science as Culture

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 325-345

  MacPhail, Theresa Marie ^a  

^a NONE   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 33845901736     PISSN: 09505431     EISSN: 14701189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0950543042000262413     Document Type: Article

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