Infrastructure and scaffolding: Interpretation and change of research involving human genetic information

Science as Culture

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 435-459

  Taylor, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryology; Epidemiology; Fundamentalism; Genetic testing; Heterogeneity; Intersecting processes; IQ; Life course development; Participation; Racial differences; Teaching; Uneven development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861652353     PISSN: 09505431     EISSN: 14701189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09505430902946649     Document Type: Article

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