Race, genetics and inheritance: Reflections upon the birth of 'black' twins to a 'white' IVF mother

Race, Ethnicity, and Nation: Perspectives from Kinship and Genetics

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 33-51

  Tyler, Katharine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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