Managing the boundaries between maverick cloners and mainstream scientists: The life cycle of a news event in a contested field

New Genetics and Society

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 203-219

  Haran, Joan ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LIFE CYCLE; MASS MEDIUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIST; SENSATION; TELEVISION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 34548316729     PISSN: 14636778     EISSN: 14699915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14636770701466980     Document Type: Article

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