Breaking evolution's chains: The prospect of deliberate genetic modification in humans

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-27

  Powell, Russell ^a   Buchanan, Allen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptationism; enhancement; evolution; genetic modification

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ETHICS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHILOSOPHY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 79951610697     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: 17445019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmp/jhq057     Document Type: Article

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