Synthetic biology: constructing nature?

Sociological Review

Volumn 58, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 95-112

  Calvert, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77954421322     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2010.01913.x     Document Type: Article

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