Questioning ‘the number of the beast’: Constructions of humanness in a human genome project (HGP) narrative

Science as Culture

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-37

  Holmberg, Tora ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 33847356370     PISSN: 09505431     EISSN: 14701189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09505430500041652     Document Type: Article

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