Ray Wu as Fifth Business: Deconstructing collective memory in the history of DNA sequencing

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-14

  Onaga, Lisa A ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage lambda biochemistry; Chinese American scientists; DNA sequencing; Minorities in science; Ray Wu

Indexed keywords

ART; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HISTORY; UNITED STATES;

GENETICS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84894381214     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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