Twenty-first-century genetics and genomics: Contributions of HPS-informed research and pedagogy

International Handbook of Research in History, Philosophy and Science Teaching

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 423-467

  Gericke, Niklas M ^a   Smith, Mike U ^b  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7654-8_15     Document Type: Chapter

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