Revaluating genetic causation: Biology, economy, and kinship in Dakar, Senegal

American Ethnologist

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 638-661

  Fullwiley, Duana ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosociality; Genetic Causation; Informal Economies; Kinship; Senegal; Sickle Cell; Therapeutic Economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349245900     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2010.01276.x     Document Type: Article

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