Bioprophecy and the politics of the present: Notes on the establishment of Mexico's national genomics institute (INMEGEN)

New Genetics and Society

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 333-349

  Taylor Alexander, Samuel ^a   Schwartz Marín, Ernesto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economics; Genomics; Mexico; Nationalism; Prophecy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUTUROLOGY; GENOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HUMAN; MEXICO; MODERN TIMES; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84890481783     PISSN: 14636778     EISSN: 14699915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14636778.2013.845076     Document Type: Article

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