Aspects of the political economy of development and synthetic biology

Systems and Synthetic Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 115-123

  Wellhausen, Rachel ^a   Mukunda, Gautam ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Indigo; Political economy; Rubber; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350371037     PISSN: 18725325     EISSN: 18725333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11693-009-9032-9     Document Type: Article

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